Motion To Recuse Judge Engoron Andrew Bailey - Ex D
Motion To Recuse Judge Engoron Andrew Bailey - Ex D
452564/2022
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1767 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/20/2024
EXHIBIT “D”
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WE COMMAND YOU, pursuant to Articles 23 and 31 of the New York Civil Practice
Law and Rules, that all business and excuses being laid aside, to appear at a hearing before a
Justice of Supreme Court, County of New York, to be held at the Courthouse at 60 Centre Street,
New York, New York 10007, at a time and date convenient for the Court and at any recessed or
adjourned date and time of that hearing, to testify and give evidence in the above-captioned
action and to bring with you and produce the materials listed in Exhibit A, which are in your
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custody or control, by June 26, 2024, to 60 Centre Street, New York, New York 10007 with a
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that this subpoena is being issued to you because it is
believed that you are in possession of documents and information relevant to Defendants’ motion
in the above-captioned action seeking recusal pursuant to 22 N.Y.C.R.R. § 100.3(E)(1) or, in the
hereto as Exhibit B. In particular, you have made public statements that you communicated
with the judge presiding over this action regarding, inter alia, the merits of this action, the
permissible scope of the Attorney General’s and the Court’s own authority under Executive Law
§ 63(12), and the consequence of the Court’s decision on business in the State.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that failure to comply with this subpoena is
punishable as a contempt of Court and shall make you liable to the persons on whose behalf this
subpoena was issued for a penalty not to exceed fifty dollars and all damages sustained by reason
Respectfully Submitted,
__________________________________
Clifford S. Robert
Michael Farina
526 RXR Plaza
Uniondale, New York 11556
Phone: 516.832.7000
Exhibit A
Definitions
1. As used herein, the terms “all,” “any,” “each,” and “every” shall be construed
to mean “all, any, each, and every,” as necessary to bring within the scope of these requests for
production any information or documents and things that might otherwise be construed to be
outside their scope. In no event shall the use of the term “all,” “any,” “each,” or “every” be
2. As used herein, the terms “and” and “or” shall be construed either disjunctively
or conjunctively as necessary to bring within the scope of these requests any information or
documents and things that might otherwise be construed to be outside of their scope. In no event
shall the use of the term “and” or “or” be construed to narrow the scope of any request.
transmitted, however made, and shall include written communications and oral communications,
including, but not limited to, any audio or visual recordings. Communications produced shall
include those made via email or any messaging platform, including, but not limited to, iMessage,
text message, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Viber, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and
Wire Secure.
CPLR and includes hard copy Documents and electronically stored Documents. The term
“Document(s)” further means any medium upon which intelligence or information is recorded or from
which intelligence, data or information can be recorded, retrieved, or perceived, with or without the
use of detection devices, including detection devices other than the operating system and programs
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installed on any of Your computers, and further means any written, printed, typed, imputed, recorded
or graphic matter, however entered, produced, reproduced or stored, including all computer hard
drives on which is resident data or information relevant to or concerning the documents, data, and
information sought by this subpoena, and including the originals and all non-identical copies,
whether different from the originals by reason of any notations made on such copies or otherwise,
in the actual or constructive possession, custody or control of You, including, but not limited to,
conversations, audio or video recordings, photographs, corporate minutes, diaries, reports, drafts of
reports, emails, notes of phone conversations, letters, telephone logs, schedules, drawings, statistical
statements, work papers, disks, data cards, films, data processing files, charts, graphs, microfiche,
summaries, jottings, market data, books, journals, ledgers, audits, maps, diagrams, research
documents, newspapers, appointment books, desk calendars, expense reports, computer printout
and other computer readable records, and all drafts or modifications thereof, and all non-identical
copies of any such items. Any such document bearing on any sheet or part thereof any marks such
as initials, stamped indices, comments or notations or any character or characters which are not part
Where there is any question about whether a tangible item otherwise described in this Request falls
5. As used herein, “You” and “Your” shall mean Adam Leitman Bailey, Esq. and
“concerning” are used in their broadest sense and include all matter directly or indirectly
embodying, containing, comprising, indicating, concerning, referring to, reflecting, relating to,
pertaining to, arising out of, or in connection with (whether legally, logically, or factually) the
8. As used herein, the “Court’s Staff” shall include, but not be limited to, Allison
9. As used herein, “News Outlet” shall include, but not be limited to,
organizations that gather, analyze, and disseminate news to the public through various platforms
10. As used herein, “Person” and “Persons” shall mean any natural person,
board, authority, commission, office or other business or legal entity, whether private or
governmental.
Instructions
construing either the request or a definition or instructions relevant to it, set forth the matter
deemed ambiguous and the construction selected or used in responding to the request.
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kept in the usual course of business or should be organized and labeled to correspond with the
4. References to any natural person shall be deemed to include that natural person’s
agents, attorneys, representatives, current and former employees, successors, and any person
subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, departments, officers, and for each of the foregoing, any present
additional documents or information are obtained or located after the time of initial production.
7. If You are withholding or intend to withhold any document (or any part of a
document) on the basis of an objection, please so state in Your response. If You learn after
providing written responses to these requests that You are withholding one or more documents
based on any objection, and such documents are not individually identified on a privilege log,
please promptly inform Defendants of the same. If You note an objection but indicate that
responsive documents are nonetheless being produced, we will construe Your statement as a
representation that You are producing all documents responsive to the request notwithstanding
the objection, save for any documents that are identified on a privilege log.
9. The use of the singular form of any word includes the plural, and the use of the
10. The use of the past tense includes the present tense, and vice versa, as necessary
to bring within the scope of each request all responses that might otherwise be considered
outside its scope. Whenever a term is used in the present, past, future, subjunctive, or other
tense, voice, or mood, it shall also be construed to include all other tenses, voices, or moods.
11. To the extent not otherwise defined, all words shall have their usual and ordinary
12. The time period covered by these requests is from June 1, 2017, through the date
of Your response.
Documents To Be Produced
the Hon. Arthur F. Engoron, J.S.C., or any member of the Court’s Staff.
the Hon. Arthur F. Engoron, J.S.C., or any member of the Court’s Staff relating to the Action,
4. Documents exchanged between You and the Hon. Arthur F. Engoron, J.S.C., or
any member of the Court’s Staff relating to the Action, including any legal or factual issues
raised thereby.
NBC New York or any agent(s) thereof regarding the Action, including any legal or factual
6. Communications between You and NBC New York or any agent(s) thereof
regarding the Hon. Arthur F. Engoron, J.S.C., or any member of the Court’s Staff.
any agent(s) thereof regarding the Action, including any legal or factual issues raised thereby.
any agent(s) thereof regarding the Hon. Arthur F. Engoron, J.S.C., or any member of the Court’s
Staff.
and/or any agent(s) thereof regarding the Action, including any legal or factual issues raised
thereby.
10. Communications between You and Jonathan Dienst and/or Melissa Russo
and/or any agent(s) thereof regarding the Hon. Arthur F. Engoron, J.S.C., or any member of the
Court’s Staff.
11. Communications between You and any News Outlet regarding the Action,
12. Communications between You and any News Outlet regarding the Hon. Arthur
13. Documents provided by You to any News Outlet regarding the Action,
14. Documents provided by You to any News Outlet regarding the Hon. Arthur F.