November 15 stay-extension motion — reused Robinson declaration, scheduling chain and reporting undertaking
Original sourceFiled defence motion seeking sixty additional days of Texas enforcement stay; signed November 7 declaration and existing correspondence reused as exhibits, not fresh independent testimony.
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The November 15, 2024 motion in Harris County 2024-48085 by Cyberlux and Mark D. Schmidt seeks sixty additional days of enforcement stay, de
The November 15, 2024 motion in Harris County 2024-48085 by Cyberlux and Mark D. Schmidt seeks sixty additional days of enforcement stay, describing an October 28 thirty-day stay conditioned on material activity in Virginia. The requested extension is not an entered order.
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CAUSE NO. 2024-48085
ATLANTIC WA VE HOLDINGS, LLC § IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
and SECURE COMMUNITY, LLC, §
§
Plaintiff/Judgment-Creditor §
§
v. § HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
§
CYBERLUX CORPORATION and §
MARK D. SCHMIDT, Individually, §
§
Defendant/Judgment Debtors. § 129TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO EXTEND STAY OF ENFORCEMENT
Defendants Cyberlux Corporation and Mark D. Schmidt (collectively, “Cyberlux” or
“Defendants”) file this Motion to Extend this Court’s stay of collection efforts by Plaintiffs
considering the ongoing litigation of the underlying Virginia judgment (the “Stipulated
Judgment”), which is occurring in four separate legal actions pending in Virginia. In support
thereof, Cyberlux respectfully shows:
INTRODUCTION AND RELEVANT BACKGROUND
On October 28, 2024, this Court properly granted a thirty-day stay of any collection efforts
concerning the Stipulated Judgment by the Plaintiffs. This Court indicated that Cyberlux must
demonstrate material activity in the Virginia action in order to extend the stay of this Texas action
further. Because there is and has been material activity in the Virginia action, as further set forth
herein, the Court’s stay of the Texas action should be further continued in deference to the Virginia
action. Moreover, such a stay is supportable given that (a) the Virginia actions are active and (b)
Cyberlux is making payments under the Settlement Agreement.
11/15/2024 12:50 PM
Marilyn Burgess - District Clerk Harris County
Envelope No. 94347679
By: Shanelle Taylor
Filed: 11/15/2024 12:50 PM
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On October 31 the court offers November 19 at 12:30 if all are available. Robinson says he has a trial and insufficient briefing time and se
On October 31 the court offers November 19 at 12:30 if all are available. Robinson says he has a trial and insufficient briefing time and seeks dates beyond March 27. The court offers several April dates; Robinson offers April 21 at 10 and April 28 at 9. This identifies both parties’ stated constraints rather than proving only one caused all delay.
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Subject: RE: Short Hearing Scheduling Request -CYBERLUX CORPORATION v ATLANTIC WAVE HOLDINGS LLC
(CL24002919-00)
Good morning Federico-
Cyberlux has the following dates/times available for a hearing on Atlantic Wave’s Summary Judgment Motion
before Judge Cardwell.
Apr 21 at 10:00
Apr 28 at 9:00
Best, JfR
Jimmy F. Robinson, Jr. | Ogletree Deakins
Riverfront Plaza - West Tower, 901 East Byrd Street, Suite 1300 | Richmond, VA 23219 | Telephone: 804-663-2336
jimmy.robinson@ogletree.com | www.ogletree.com | Bio
From: Ceruti, Sandra A. - Circuit Court Judges Office <Sandra.Ceruti@rva.gov>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2024 9:34 AM
To: Robinson, Jr., Jimmy F. <Jimmy.Robinson@ogletreedeakins.com>
Cc: Federico Zablah <fjz@petersenfirm.com>; Chap Petersen <jcp@petersenfirm.com>; Sandra Luevano
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Subject: RE: Short Hearing Scheduling Request -CYBERLUX CORPORATION v ATLANTIC WAVE HOLDINGS LLC
(CL24002919-00)
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Apr 21 at 10:00
Apr 25 at 9:00
Apr 28 at 9:00
Apr 29 at 9:00 (30 minutes)
Apr 30 at 9:00 (30 minutes)
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Zablah’s October 31 reply rejects April, alleges discovery and deposition failures, says ordinary settlement payments have not reached Atlan
Zablah’s October 31 reply rejects April, alleges discovery and deposition failures, says ordinary settlement payments have not reached Atlantic Wave in almost a year apart from garnishments consumed by charges, proposes co-counsel coverage, and seeks November deposition/turnover dates. These accusations and payment statements are his representations, not adjudicated facts. His text prints November 19, 2025, while the surrounding exchange concerns the upcoming November 2024 date; retain the discrepancy without silently changing the email.
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From: Federico Zablah <fjz@petersenfirm.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:37 AM
To: Robinson, Jr., Jimmy F.
Cc: Chap Petersen; Sandra Luevano; Patrick R Corish; Gills, Sandy D.; Johnson, Alicia Roberts
Subject: RE: Short Hearing Scheduling Request -CYBERLUX CORPORATION v ATLANTIC WAVE
HOLDINGS LLC (CL24002919-00)
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Mr. Robinson,
Thank you for your email. I cannot agree to set this matter for April or anytime later next year as this is a time
sensitive matter as any relief for temporary injunctive relief is. It strains reason why one would file a complaint for
preliminary injunction and want to wait almost 1 year before the first hearing takes place, unless the sole purpose
of that filing was for delay. If your complaint and request for injunctive relief is warranted, there is no reason to
wait to resolve this matter and it is in all our clients’ best interest to get this resolved as soon as possible.
As a preliminary matter, you filed this injunction matter in July, have failed to set the injunction for hearing, failed to
respond to discovery, failed to show for the deposition of your plaintiff client (or set it for a replacement date),
refused to set the motion to compel for hearing or taken any steps to comply with the rules of the Court.
Additionally, as it concerns the injunction you have requested and summary judgment, I have clear indications
that no payment on the settlement agreement has been received in almost a year to Atlantic Wave, besides the
garnishments, which were almost all consumed by interest and attorney's fees.
Given this, I think it is in our mutual interest to have this matter set as soon as possibly. The Court has been very
accommodating to give us November 19, 2025. I suggest we make this date work. You stated you are in trial on
that date. Is that trial definitely going to proceed? Perhaps your co-counsel can cover the hearing on November
19?
While we are on the subject of clearing dates, we need discuss your recent objection to our garnishments (which
you did not send to us despite indicating the certificate of service). I am aware that you are using this matter to
delay collection on the judgment in this and other jurisdictions. Given that you have put forth objections based on
this pending case, it makes it paramount that we resolve these objections and this matter to determine the
propriety of your objections. Accordingly, we are again requesting the deposition of Mark Schmidt and Cyberlux in
this matter. Please provide available dates for a deposition in November.
Lastly I would also like to set our Motion for Turnover for Hearing in CL22003882-00. Can you confirm if you or your
colleague are available one hour in November? Once we have those I will be able to coordinate with Court in that
case.
I am happy to have a call with you to go over this and meet and confer on these issues.
Best,
Federico J. Zablah, Esq.
Chap Petersen & Associates, PLC
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The motion asserts hundreds of thousands paid to Atlantic Wave and Strikepoint and all modified-schedule payments made and accepted without
The motion asserts hundreds of thousands paid to Atlantic Wave and Strikepoint and all modified-schedule payments made and accepted without condition. It cites Grimes and Schmidt declarations and exhibits in an earlier motion, none of which is embedded here. This advocacy cannot establish the ledger, recipient receipt or continuing compliance; Zablah’s attached October 31 email gives a materially different payment account.
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Texas courts may stay execution of a judgment to prevent a person from being wrongfully deprived
of property. Id. (“The equities of the situation rest with him whose possession is thus wrongfully
disturbed, and, in order to hold the matter in status quo, a court of equity, in the exercise of its
powers to prevent a wrong, will, by a temporary writ of injunction, stay an execution, so that the
status of the parties will rest until their ultimate rights are determined . . .”).
Here, Cyberlux is at great risk of being wrongfully deprived of its property. Cyberlux has
made hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of payments to Atlantic Wave and non-party
Strikepoint, pursuant to the parties’ Settlement Agreement. See Cyberlux’s Motion to Vacate and
Motion to Stay, at Ex. 1 (Grimes Dec.), ¶¶6- 17; Ex. 2 (Schmidt Dec.), ¶4. Cyberlux made all
payments required under the modified payment schedule, and those payments were accepted
without condition. See Cyberlux’s Motion to Vacate and Motion to Stay, at Ex. 1(Grimes Dec.),
¶¶22-28, Exs. N- S; Ex. 2(Schmidt Dec.), ¶4, Ex. C. Considering the extensive, ongoing, and
parallel litigation in Virginia, the Court should stay enforcement to avoid exposing the parties to
substantial risk of inconsistent adjudication because the Stipulated Judgment may be deemed
invalid or otherwise be reformed. If this Court allows enforcement to proceed against Cyberlux’s
property in Texas and the Virginia court enters a decision that alters the Judgment in Cyberlux’s
favor, Cyberlux’s property will have been wrongfully and unnecessarily taken. Id. (where property
is wrongfully taken “such owner would be deprived of his possession and suffer damages, for
which he would have no adequate remedy at law”). In other words, extending the stay avoids the
substantial risk of additional litigation resulting from the Stipulated Judgment being deemed
invalid or being reformed.
By extending the stay, the Court will maintain the status quo. Boe, 78 S.W.2d at 1094 (“The
equities of the situation rest with him whose possession is thus wrongfully disturbed, and, in order
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Clark signs /s/ November 15 and certifies electronic service. Page 30 retains the November 7 response certificate, envelope 94054206; page 3
Clark signs /s/ November 15 and certifies electronic service. Page 30 retains the November 7 response certificate, envelope 94054206; page 31 identifies this November 15 motion, envelope 94347679, submitted 12:50:29 PM, status 3:49 PM CST. Both list SENT rows with duplicate names; these are separate filing events, not two service records proving receipt of this motion.
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to hold the matter in status quo, a court of equity, in the exercise of its powers to prevent a wrong,
will, by a temporary writ of injunction, stay an execution, so that the status of the parties will rest
until their ultimate rights are determined through a full hearing on the merits.”). Since the parties’
Settlement Agreement makes clear there is to be no execution on the Judgment without a breach
of the Settlement Agreement, it is most appropriate to stay this matter until Cyberlux’s challenge
to the validity of the Stipulated Judgment and its request for reformation (made in the alternative)
are resolved.
CONCLUSION
For all the reasons set forth above, Defendants ask this Court to grant this Motion and
extend the Court’s stay of enforcement of the judgment for a period of sixty days. Defendants will
provide a status report to the Court in forty-five days. Defendants also request all such other and
further relief to which they may be entitled either at law or at equity.
Dated: November 15, 2024 Respectfully submitted,
By: /s/ Katharine Battaia Clark
Katharine Battaia Clark
State Bar No. 24046712
Alexander J. Pennetti
State Bar No. 24110208
THOMPSON COBURN LLP
2100 Ross Avenue, Suite 3200
Dallas, Texas 75201
Tel Phone: (972) 629-7100
Fax: (972) 629-7171
kclark@thompsoncoburn.com
apennetti@thompsoncoburn.com
COUNSEL FOR
CYBERLUX CORPORATION
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Defendants state they will provide a status report to the court in forty-five days while requesting sixty additional days of stay. The text
Defendants state they will provide a status report to the court in forty-five days while requesting sixty additional days of stay. The text does not explicitly define the clock’s commencement or show submission of that report.
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to hold the matter in status quo, a court of equity, in the exercise of its powers to prevent a wrong,
will, by a temporary writ of injunction, stay an execution, so that the status of the parties will rest
until their ultimate rights are determined through a full hearing on the merits.”). Since the parties’
Settlement Agreement makes clear there is to be no execution on the Judgment without a breach
of the Settlement Agreement, it is most appropriate to stay this matter until Cyberlux’s challenge
to the validity of the Stipulated Judgment and its request for reformation (made in the alternative)
are resolved.
CONCLUSION
For all the reasons set forth above, Defendants ask this Court to grant this Motion and
extend the Court’s stay of enforcement of the judgment for a period of sixty days. Defendants will
provide a status report to the Court in forty-five days. Defendants also request all such other and
further relief to which they may be entitled either at law or at equity.
Dated: November 15, 2024 Respectfully submitted,
By: /s/ Katharine Battaia Clark
Katharine Battaia Clark
State Bar No. 24046712
Alexander J. Pennetti
State Bar No. 24110208
THOMPSON COBURN LLP
2100 Ross Avenue, Suite 3200
Dallas, Texas 75201
Tel Phone: (972) 629-7100
Fax: (972) 629-7171
kclark@thompsoncoburn.com
apennetti@thompsoncoburn.com
COUNSEL FOR
CYBERLUX CORPORATION
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Defendants argue comity, active Virginia litigation, reformation and risk of wrongful deprivation justify continued protection. They charact
Defendants argue comity, active Virginia litigation, reformation and risk of wrongful deprivation justify continued protection. They characterise the stipulated judgment as conditional on settlement breach and argue defending plaintiffs’ summary-judgment motion constitutes prosecuting their challenge. These are advocacy and legal characterisations, not judicial findings of invalidity, compliance or entitlement to relief.
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For the reasons set forth below, the Court should extend its stay for a period of an additional
sixty days while the parties continue to litigate Defendants’ challenges to the validity of the
Settlement Agreement’s Stipulated Judgment, as well as Defendants’ request for reformation of
the Stipulated Judgment.1
ARGUMENT
Principles of comity require each jurisdiction to give effect to the laws and decisions of
another, out of deference and respect, but that principle is undermined where, as here, there are
prior-pending and relevant actions in different jurisdictions. See Keene Corp. v. Caldwell , 840
S.W.2d 715, 720 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1992, no writ, orig. proceeding); see also
generally Khaledi v. H.K. Global Trading, Ltd ., 126 S.W.3d 273, 285 (Tex. App.—San Antonio,
2003, no pet.) (temporary injunction ordered to preserve status of property pending decision of the
rights of the parties under the promissory note and consulting agreement); Hawsey v. Louisiana
Dept. of Social Servs , 934 S.W.2d 723, 726 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist] 1996, writ denied)
(“comity is grounded in cooperation and mutuality”).
A. Defendants are Actively Challenging the Validity of the Stipulated Judgment in
Virginia and are asking Virginia Courts to Reform the Stipulated Judgment.
Cyberlux is challenging the validity of the Stipulated Judgment in Virginia, and Cyberlux
seeks to reform or modify the Stipulated Judgment pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, as
modified. See Exhibit 1, Declaration of J. Robinson, at ¶ 8. Cyberlux is challenging the Virginia
judgment in three separate legal proceedings pending in Virginia.2 Id.
1 Defendants are also attempting to stop Plaintiffs’ unlawful efforts to enforce the Stipulated Judgment in the original
action from which the parties’ Settlement Agreement arose.
2 There is a fourth proceeding, CL24003910-00, which is a breach of contract action recently filed by the Plaintiffs in
this action against Defendants. On November 4, 2024, Cyberlux filed a demurrer in that action. See Declaration of J.
Robinson, at 8(d).
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Jimmy F. Robinson, Richmond office managing shareholder and lead counsel for Cyberlux/Schmidt, signs a declaration under penalty of perjury
Jimmy F. Robinson, Richmond office managing shareholder and lead counsel for Cyberlux/Schmidt, signs a declaration under penalty of perjury November 7, 2024. He identifies four Virginia proceedings: original CL22003882-00; injunction CL24002919-00 filed July 8 with August 1 answer; declaratory CL24002960-00 filed July 8 facing demurrer; and plaintiffs’ breach action CL24003910-00 with Cyberlux demurrer November 4.
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CAUSE NO. 2024-48085
ATLANTIC WA VE HOLDINGS, LLC § IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
and SECURE COMMUNITY, LLC, §
§
Plaintiff/Judgment-Creditor §
§
v. § HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
§
CYBERLUX CORPORATION and §
MARK D. SCHMIDT, Individually, §
§
Defendant/Judgment Debtors. § 129TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
DECLARATION OF JIMMY F. ROBINSON
1. My name is Jimmy F. Robinson . I am over the age of twenty -one (21) years, of
sound mind, and otherwise competent to make this declaration. The facts and statements contained
in this declaration are within my personal knowledge and are true and correct.
2. I submit this Declaration in support of Defendants’ Response to Plaintiffs’ Motion
for Reconsideration (“Motion”).
3. I am the Office Managing Shareholder of the Richmond, Virginia office of
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC.
4. I am lead counsel for Cyberlux Corporation and Mark D. Schmidt (collectively,
“Cyberlux”) in four active cases pending in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, Virginia
(the “Virginia litigation”).
5. On November 1, 2024, I was apprised of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Reconsideration
filed in this case. I have reviewed Plaintiffs’ Motion for Reconsideration and the Declaration of
Federico Zablah.
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The motion and reused declaration characterise four Virginia proceedings as opposing enforcement, seeking injunction and declaratory relief
The motion and reused declaration characterise four Virginia proceedings as opposing enforcement, seeking injunction and declaratory relief or reformation, and defending a new breach action. Their account of settlement modifications and judgment conditions is not supported here by the actual agreements, underlying pleadings or resulting rulings.
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For the reasons set forth below, the Court should extend its stay for a period of an additional
sixty days while the parties continue to litigate Defendants’ challenges to the validity of the
Settlement Agreement’s Stipulated Judgment, as well as Defendants’ request for reformation of
the Stipulated Judgment.1
ARGUMENT
Principles of comity require each jurisdiction to give effect to the laws and decisions of
another, out of deference and respect, but that principle is undermined where, as here, there are
prior-pending and relevant actions in different jurisdictions. See Keene Corp. v. Caldwell , 840
S.W.2d 715, 720 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1992, no writ, orig. proceeding); see also
generally Khaledi v. H.K. Global Trading, Ltd ., 126 S.W.3d 273, 285 (Tex. App.—San Antonio,
2003, no pet.) (temporary injunction ordered to preserve status of property pending decision of the
rights of the parties under the promissory note and consulting agreement); Hawsey v. Louisiana
Dept. of Social Servs , 934 S.W.2d 723, 726 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist] 1996, writ denied)
(“comity is grounded in cooperation and mutuality”).
A. Defendants are Actively Challenging the Validity of the Stipulated Judgment in
Virginia and are asking Virginia Courts to Reform the Stipulated Judgment.
Cyberlux is challenging the validity of the Stipulated Judgment in Virginia, and Cyberlux
seeks to reform or modify the Stipulated Judgment pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, as
modified. See Exhibit 1, Declaration of J. Robinson, at ¶ 8. Cyberlux is challenging the Virginia
judgment in three separate legal proceedings pending in Virginia.2 Id.
1 Defendants are also attempting to stop Plaintiffs’ unlawful efforts to enforce the Stipulated Judgment in the original
action from which the parties’ Settlement Agreement arose.
2 There is a fourth proceeding, CL24003910-00, which is a breach of contract action recently filed by the Plaintiffs in
this action against Defendants. On November 4, 2024, Cyberlux filed a demurrer in that action. See Declaration of J.
Robinson, at 8(d).
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Robinson disputes Zablah’s delay account, describes a six-week effort changing from a thirty-minute compel hearing to a one-hour summary-jud
Robinson disputes Zablah’s delay account, describes a six-week effort changing from a thirty-minute compel hearing to a one-hour summary-judgment hearing, and attributes failure to find dates to court and counsel availability. He says November 18–19 labour arbitration and December 27 travel prevented those dates. These personal-calendar explanations are testimony.
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B. Contrary to Plaintiffs’ Representations to the Court, Cyberlux has Prosecuted and
Continues to Prosecute its Challenges to the Stipulated Judgment.
At the October 28, 2024 hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Vacate and Motion to Stay,
Plaintiffs’ counsel represented that Cyberlux was taking no action to prosecute the Virginia actions.
That representation is not just misleading, but untrue.
For more than six weeks, the parties worked with the Court to try to schedule a 30-minute
hearing on Atlantic Wave’s motion to compel in the injunction action. See Declaration of J.
Robinson, at ¶ 12, Exhibit A. In fact, since September 12, 2024, the parties have been attempting
to schedule a hearing in that action. Id. The parties, by agreement, then decided to try and obtain
a one-hour hearing to address Atlantic Wave’s motion for summary judgment. Id. The parties and
the Court could not find any mutually available date for a hearing in 2024. As a result, on October
30, 2024, the parties agreed to set a hearing on Atlantic Wave’s motion for summary judgment on
March 27, 2025. Id. Indeed, Mr. Zablah himself stated “I can confirm that we have agreed to March
27, 2025 at 10am . . .” Id. “The Court accepted this agreed setting. Id.
Counsel for Atlantic Wave has since canceled the agreed setting. See Declaration of J.
Robinson, at ¶ 13. Cyberlux immediately obtained—and offered—April 21, 2025, which was the
Court’s next available date for hearing. See id. Only at that point did Atlantic Wave and Secure
Community begin demanding that Cyberlux agree to hearing dates on which Atlantic Wave’s
counsel knew counsel for Cyberlux was unavailable. See Declaration of J. Robinson, at ¶ 14.
Counsel for Cyberlux is scheduled for trial on November 19, 2024, and is out of the country on
December 27, 2024. See Declaration of J. Robinson, at ¶ 14.
Simply put, Plaintiffs’ claims regarding Cyberlux’s supposed dilatory tactics in Virginia
are baseless. The parties are simultaneously litigating four contentious actions in Virginia, and
Cyberlux is working to prosecute its challenge to the Stipulated Judgment. It is of no consequence
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The email chain begins September 12 with Zablah requesting a thirty-minute hearing on a motion to compel deposition and saying that motion i
The email chain begins September 12 with Zablah requesting a thirty-minute hearing on a motion to compel deposition and saying that motion is attached. The court offers September 23, 24 and 25, then explains criminal dates and a seven-day jury trial limit alternatives to October 31. The referenced motion itself is not embedded in the thread printout.
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From: Ceruti, Sandra A. - Circuit Court Judges Office <Sandra.Ceruti@rva.gov>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2024 2:26 PM
To: Federico Zablah <fjz@petersenfirm.com>
Cc: Chap Petersen <jcp@petersenfirm.com>; Sandra Luevano <sl@petersenfirm.com>; Patrick R
Corish <prc@petersenfirm.com>; Robinson, Jr., Jimmy F. <jimmy.robinson@ogletree.com>;
SANDY.GILLS@OGLETREE.COM; Pollock, Emily - Circuit Court <Emily.Pollock@rva.gov>
Subject: RE: Short Hearing Scheduling Request -CYBERLUX CORPORATION v ATLANTIC WAVE
HOLDINGS LLC (CL24002919-00)
Judge Cardwell has nothing available on the 30th and the next two weeks are criminal dates. She
then has a 7-day jury trial and the next available date is Oct 31 at 2:00 p.m.
Sandra Ceruti, Judicial Assistant
Office of the Honorable Claire G. Cardwell
John Marshall Courts Building
400 North 9th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 646-6511 (Office)
(804) 646-7818 (Fax)
From: Federico Zablah <fjz@petersenfirm.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2024 2:07 PM
To: Ceruti, Sandra A. - Circuit Court Judges Office <Sandra.Ceruti@rva.gov>
Cc: Chap Petersen <jcp@petersenfirm.com>; Sandra Luevano <sl@petersenfirm.com>; Patrick R
Corish <prc@petersenfirm.com>; Robinson, Jr., Jimmy F. <jimmy.robinson@ogletree.com>;
SANDY.GILLS@OGLETREE.COM; Pollock, Emily - Circuit Court <Emily.Pollock@rva.gov>
Subject: RE: Short Hearing Scheduling Request -CYBERLUX CORPORATION v ATLANTIC WAVE
HOLDINGS LLC (CL24002919-00)
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Thank you. If possible, could you also provide available dates in the following week? (Week of
September 30th)
Best,
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On September 30 Zablah seeks November dates; October 1 court options are November 19, 20 and December 16. On October 30 he apologises for de
On September 30 Zablah seeks November dates; October 1 court options are November 19, 20 and December 16. On October 30 he apologises for delay and difficulty agreeing, seeks new dates and changes the requested hearing to summary judgment. The court offers December 27 and January 17, 29 and 31; Robinson asks for February because earlier dates conflict and the January 27 week is held for another matter.
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Mar 27 at 10:00
Mar 28 at 9:00
Sandra Ceruti, Judicial Assistant
Office of the Honorable Claire G. Cardwell
John Marshall Courts Building
400 North 9th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 646-6511 (Office)
(804) 646-7818 (Fax)
From: Robinson, Jr., Jimmy F. <jimmy.robinson@ogletree.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 2:51 PM
To: Ceruti, Sandra A. - Circuit Court Judges Office <Sandra.Ceruti@rva.gov>; Federico Zablah
<fjz@petersenfirm.com>
Cc: Chap Petersen <jcp@petersenfirm.com>; Sandra Luevano <sl@petersenfirm.com>; Patrick R
Corish <prc@petersenfirm.com>; Gills, Sandy D. <sandy.gills@ogletreedeakins.com>; Pollock,
Emily - Circuit Court <Emily.Pollock@rva.gov>
Subject: RE: Short Hearing Scheduling Request -CYBERLUX CORPORATION v ATLANTIC WAVE
HOLDINGS LLC (CL24002919-00)
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Good afternoon Ms. Ceruti-
Thank you for the dates. Can you provide dates in February as well. We are holding the week of
January 27th for another matter and have conflicts on earlier dates.
Thank you, JfR
Jimmy F. Robinson, Jr. | Ogletree Deakins
Riverfront Plaza - West Tower, 901 East Byrd Street, Suite 1300 | Richmond, VA 23219 | Telephone:
804-663-2336
jimmy.robinson@ogletree.com | www.ogletree.com | Bio
From: Ceruti, Sandra A. - Circuit Court Judges Office <Sandra.Ceruti@rva.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 2:48 PM
To: Federico Zablah <fjz@petersenfirm.com>
Cc: Chap Petersen <jcp@petersenfirm.com>; Sandra Luevano <sl@petersenfirm.com>; Patrick R
Corish <prc@petersenfirm.com>; Robinson, Jr., Jimmy F.
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Pollock, Emily - Circuit Court <Emily.Pollock@rva.gov>
Subject: RE: Short Hearing Scheduling Request -CYBERLUX CORPORATION v ATLANTIC WAVE
HOLDINGS LLC (CL24002919-00)
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On October 30 the court supplies February 28, March 27 and March 28. Robinson offers March 27 at 10 AM at 3:07 PM; Zablah confirms agreement
On October 30 the court supplies February 28, March 27 and March 28. Robinson offers March 27 at 10 AM at 3:07 PM; Zablah confirms agreement at 3:19 PM; the court confirms a one-hour summary-judgment setting at 3:31 PM; Zablah accepts the duration at 3:32 and Robinson agrees at 3:43. These displayed communications substantiate a mutual setting rather than a unilateral April-only offer.
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From: Ceruti, Sandra A. - Circuit Court Judges Office <Sandra.Ceruti@rva.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 3:48 PM
To: Robinson, Jr., Jimmy F. <jimmy.robinson@ogletree.com>; Federico Zablah
<fjz@petersenfirm.com>
Cc: Chap Petersen <jcp@petersenfirm.com>; Sandra Luevano <sl@petersenfirm.com>; Patrick R
Corish <prc@petersenfirm.com>; Gills, Sandy D. <sandy.gills@ogletreedeakins.com>; Pollock,
Emily - Circuit Court <Emily.Pollock@rva.gov>
Subject: RE: Short Hearing Scheduling Request -CYBERLUX CORPORATION v ATLANTIC WAVE
HOLDINGS LLC (CL24002919-00)
Thanks.
Sandra Ceruti, Judicial Assistant
Office of the Honorable Claire G. Cardwell
John Marshall Courts Building
400 North 9th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 646-6511 (Office)
(804) 646-7818 (Fax)
From: Robinson, Jr., Jimmy F. <jimmy.robinson@ogletree.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 3:43 PM
To: Federico Zablah <fjz@petersenfirm.com>; Ceruti, Sandra A. - Circuit Court Judges Office
<Sandra.Ceruti@rva.gov>
Cc: Chap Petersen <jcp@petersenfirm.com>; Sandra Luevano <sl@petersenfirm.com>; Patrick R
Corish <prc@petersenfirm.com>; Gills, Sandy D. <sandy.gills@ogletreedeakins.com>; Pollock,
Emily - Circuit Court <Emily.Pollock@rva.gov>
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HOLDINGS LLC (CL24002919-00)
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Agreed.
Jimmy F. Robinson, Jr. | Ogletree Deakins
Riverfront Plaza - West Tower, 901 East Byrd Street, Suite 1300 | Richmond, VA 23219 | Telephone:
804-663-2336
jimmy.robinson@ogletree.com | www.ogletree.com | Bio
From: Federico Zablah <fjz@petersenfirm.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 3:32 PM
To: Ceruti, Sandra A. - Circuit Court Judges Office <Sandra.Ceruti@rva.gov>; Robinson, Jr., Jimmy
F. <Jimmy.Robinson@ogletreedeakins.com>
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At 4:49 PM that same October 30, Zablah apologises and says March 27 will not work because of a trial in another jurisdiction, then asks for
At 4:49 PM that same October 30, Zablah apologises and says March 27 will not work because of a trial in another jurisdiction, then asks for November alternatives, even thirty minutes, stressing the injunction matter’s urgency. The displayed change is supported; it does not establish a fabricated conflict or dishonest motive.
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I’ll squeeze it in on Nov 19 at 12:30 if everyone is available.
Sandra Ceruti, Judicial Assistant
Office of the Honorable Claire G. Cardwell
John Marshall Courts Building
400 North 9th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 646-6511 (Office)
(804) 646-7818 (Fax)
From: Federico Zablah <fjz@petersenfirm.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 4:49 PM
To: Ceruti, Sandra A. - Circuit Court Judges Office <Sandra.Ceruti@rva.gov>; Robinson, Jr., Jimmy
F. <jimmy.robinson@ogletree.com>
Cc: Chap Petersen <jcp@petersenfirm.com>; Sandra Luevano <sl@petersenfirm.com>; Patrick R
Corish <prc@petersenfirm.com>; Gills, Sandy D. <sandy.gills@ogletreedeakins.com>; Pollock,
Emily - Circuit Court <Emily.Pollock@rva.gov>
Subject: RE: Short Hearing Scheduling Request -CYBERLUX CORPORATION v ATLANTIC WAVE
HOLDINGS LLC (CL24002919-00)
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Ms. Ceruti,
I apologize, I was informed that March 27, 2025 at 10am will not work for us as we have a trial
scheduled on that date in another jurisdiction. Are there any other available dates in November for
even for a 30 minute hearing? Once I have that, I will confer with opposing counsel on a new date
and get back to you. Since this is a preliminary injunction matter, I believe this is a time sensitive
matter. Thank you.
Best,
Federico J. Zablah, Esq.
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Chap Petersen & Associates, PLC
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Provide a status report to the Texas court in forty-five days.
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to hold the matter in status quo, a court of equity, in the exercise of its powers to prevent a wrong,
will, by a temporary writ of injunction, stay an execution, so that the status of the parties will rest
until their ultimate rights are determined through a full hearing on the merits.”). Since the parties’
Settlement Agreement makes clear there is to be no execution on the Judgment without a breach
of the Settlement Agreement, it is most appropriate to stay this matter until Cyberlux’s challenge
to the validity of the Stipulated Judgment and its request for reformation (made in the alternative)
are resolved.
CONCLUSION
For all the reasons set forth above, Defendants ask this Court to grant this Motion and
extend the Court’s stay of enforcement of the judgment for a period of sixty days. Defendants will
provide a status report to the Court in forty-five days. Defendants also request all such other and
further relief to which they may be entitled either at law or at equity.
Dated: November 15, 2024 Respectfully submitted,
By: /s/ Katharine Battaia Clark
Katharine Battaia Clark
State Bar No. 24046712
Alexander J. Pennetti
State Bar No. 24110208
THOMPSON COBURN LLP
2100 Ross Avenue, Suite 3200
Dallas, Texas 75201
Tel Phone: (972) 629-7100
Fax: (972) 629-7171
kclark@thompsoncoburn.com
apennetti@thompsoncoburn.com
COUNSEL FOR
CYBERLUX CORPORATION
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Katharine Battaia Clark
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to hold the matter in status quo, a court of equity, in the exercise of its powers to prevent a wrong,
will, by a temporary writ of injunction, stay an execution, so that the status of the parties will rest
until their ultimate rights are determined through a full hearing on the merits.”). Since the parties’
Settlement Agreement makes clear there is to be no execution on the Judgment without a breach
of the Settlement Agreement, it is most appropriate to stay this matter until Cyberlux’s challenge
to the validity of the Stipulated Judgment and its request for reformation (made in the alternative)
are resolved.
CONCLUSION
For all the reasons set forth above, Defendants ask this Court to grant this Motion and
extend the Court’s stay of enforcement of the judgment for a period of sixty days. Defendants will
provide a status report to the Court in forty-five days. Defendants also request all such other and
further relief to which they may be entitled either at law or at equity.
Dated: November 15, 2024 Respectfully submitted,
By: /s/ Katharine Battaia Clark
Katharine Battaia Clark
State Bar No. 24046712
Alexander J. Pennetti
State Bar No. 24110208
THOMPSON COBURN LLP
2100 Ross Avenue, Suite 3200
Dallas, Texas 75201
Tel Phone: (972) 629-7100
Fax: (972) 629-7171
kclark@thompsoncoburn.com
apennetti@thompsoncoburn.com
COUNSEL FOR
CYBERLUX CORPORATION
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Jimmy F. Robinson
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CAUSE NO. 2024-48085
ATLANTIC WA VE HOLDINGS, LLC § IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
and SECURE COMMUNITY, LLC, §
§
Plaintiff/Judgment-Creditor §
§
v. § HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
§
CYBERLUX CORPORATION and §
MARK D. SCHMIDT, Individually, §
§
Defendant/Judgment Debtors. § 129TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
DECLARATION OF JIMMY F. ROBINSON
1. My name is Jimmy F. Robinson . I am over the age of twenty -one (21) years, of
sound mind, and otherwise competent to make this declaration. The facts and statements contained
in this declaration are within my personal knowledge and are true and correct.
2. I submit this Declaration in support of Defendants’ Response to Plaintiffs’ Motion
for Reconsideration (“Motion”).
3. I am the Office Managing Shareholder of the Richmond, Virginia office of
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC.
4. I am lead counsel for Cyberlux Corporation and Mark D. Schmidt (collectively,
“Cyberlux”) in four active cases pending in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, Virginia
(the “Virginia litigation”).
5. On November 1, 2024, I was apprised of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Reconsideration
filed in this case. I have reviewed Plaintiffs’ Motion for Reconsideration and the Declaration of
Federico Zablah.
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Federico J. Zablah
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From: Federico Zablah <fjz@petersenfirm.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:37 AM
To: Robinson, Jr., Jimmy F.
Cc: Chap Petersen; Sandra Luevano; Patrick R Corish; Gills, Sandy D.; Johnson, Alicia Roberts
Subject: RE: Short Hearing Scheduling Request -CYBERLUX CORPORATION v ATLANTIC WAVE
HOLDINGS LLC (CL24002919-00)
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Mr. Robinson,
Thank you for your email. I cannot agree to set this matter for April or anytime later next year as this is a time
sensitive matter as any relief for temporary injunctive relief is. It strains reason why one would file a complaint for
preliminary injunction and want to wait almost 1 year before the first hearing takes place, unless the sole purpose
of that filing was for delay. If your complaint and request for injunctive relief is warranted, there is no reason to
wait to resolve this matter and it is in all our clients’ best interest to get this resolved as soon as possible.
As a preliminary matter, you filed this injunction matter in July, have failed to set the injunction for hearing, failed to
respond to discovery, failed to show for the deposition of your plaintiff client (or set it for a replacement date),
refused to set the motion to compel for hearing or taken any steps to comply with the rules of the Court.
Additionally, as it concerns the injunction you have requested and summary judgment, I have clear indications
that no payment on the settlement agreement has been received in almost a year to Atlantic Wave, besides the
garnishments, which were almost all consumed by interest and attorney's fees.
Given this, I think it is in our mutual interest to have this matter set as soon as possibly. The Court has been very
accommodating to give us November 19, 2025. I suggest we make this date work. You stated you are in trial on
that date. Is that trial definitely going to proceed? Perhaps your co-counsel can cover the hearing on November
19?
While we are on the subject of clearing dates, we need discuss your recent objection to our garnishments (which
you did not send to us despite indicating the certificate of service). I am aware that you are using this matter to
delay collection on the judgment in this and other jurisdictions. Given that you have put forth objections based on
this pending case, it makes it paramount that we resolve these objections and this matter to determine the
propriety of your objections. Accordingly, we are again requesting the deposition of Mark Schmidt and Cyberlux in
this matter. Please provide available dates for a deposition in November.
Lastly I would also like to set our Motion for Turnover for Hearing in CL22003882-00. Can you confirm if you or your
colleague are available one hour in November? Once we have those I will be able to coordinate with Court in that
case.
I am happy to have a call with you to go over this and meet and confer on these issues.
Best,
Federico J. Zablah, Esq.
Chap Petersen & Associates, PLC
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Sandra Ceruti, Judicial Assistant
Office of the Honorable Claire G. Cardwell
John Marshall Courts Building
400 North 9th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 646-6511 (Office)
(804) 646-7818 (Fax)
From: Robinson, Jr., Jimmy F. <jimmy.robinson@ogletree.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2024 9:24 AM
To: Ceruti, Sandra A. - Circuit Court Judges Office <Sandra.Ceruti@rva.gov>
Cc: Federico Zablah <fjz@petersenfirm.com>; Chap Petersen <jcp@petersenfirm.com>; Sandra Luevano
<sl@petersenfirm.com>; Patrick R Corish <prc@petersenfirm.com>; Gills, Sandy D.
<sandy.gills@ogletreedeakins.com>; Pollock, Emily - Circuit Court <Emily.Pollock@rva.gov>
Subject: Re: Short Hearing Scheduling Request -CYBERLUX CORPORATION v ATLANTIC WAVE HOLDINGS LLC
(CL24002919-00)
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Good morning Ms. Ceruti-
Thank you for your patience with helping us find a date. Defendants are not available on November 19 inasmuch
as we have a trial that day. Also it does not give us time to file our brief. If March 27 does not work now for Atlantic
Wave we will have to find later dates. If you could provide us later dates (beyond March 27) we will discuss
between each other and confirm a date so we do not clog up your email with the back and forward. And hopefully
this time we will confirm a date that actually works for both parties before confirming with you that it does.
JfR
Please excuse all typos and grammatical errors inasmuch as this message was sent from
my iPhone. Thank you.
Jimmy F. Robinson, Jr. | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Riverfront Plaza - West Tower, 901 East Byrd Street, Suite 1300 | Richmond, VA 23219 | Telephone: 804-663-2336 |
Fax: 804-225-8641
jimmy.robinson@ogletree.com | www.ogletree.com | Bio
On Oct 31, 2024, at 8:43 AM, Ceruti, Sandra A. - Circuit Court Judges Office
<Sandra.Ceruti@rva.gov> wrote:
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The attached contemporaneous chain supports Robinson’s narrow account that a March setting was mutually agreed then withdrawn by opposing co
The attached contemporaneous chain supports Robinson’s narrow account that a March setting was mutually agreed then withdrawn by opposing counsel. It also documents constraints on both sides and court availability, so it does not establish a blanket conclusion that only Atlantic Wave caused delay.
inferenceinference
The November 15 motion adds a request and reporting undertaking but reuses November 7 testimony and the same September–October exchange. It
The November 15 motion adds a request and reporting undertaking but reuses November 7 testimony and the same September–October exchange. It is a new procedural event, not another independent corroborating account of underlying payments or litigation merits.
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The underlying agreements, referenced earlier payment declarations and exhibits, motion to compel attachment, full October 28 hearing and re
The underlying agreements, referenced earlier payment declarations and exhibits, motion to compel attachment, full October 28 hearing and resulting stay-extension order are not supplied in this packet.
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CAUSE NO. 2024-48085
ATLANTIC WA VE HOLDINGS, LLC § IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
and SECURE COMMUNITY, LLC, §
§
Plaintiff/Judgment-Creditor §
§
v. § HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
§
CYBERLUX CORPORATION and §
MARK D. SCHMIDT, Individually, §
§
Defendant/Judgment Debtors. § 129TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO EXTEND STAY OF ENFORCEMENT
Defendants Cyberlux Corporation and Mark D. Schmidt (collectively, “Cyberlux” or
“Defendants”) file this Motion to Extend this Court’s stay of collection efforts by Plaintiffs
considering the ongoing litigation of the underlying Virginia judgment (the “Stipulated
Judgment”), which is occurring in four separate legal actions pending in Virginia. In support
thereof, Cyberlux respectfully shows:
INTRODUCTION AND RELEVANT BACKGROUND
On October 28, 2024, this Court properly granted a thirty-day stay of any collection efforts
concerning the Stipulated Judgment by the Plaintiffs. This Court indicated that Cyberlux must
demonstrate material activity in the Virginia action in order to extend the stay of this Texas action
further. Because there is and has been material activity in the Virginia action, as further set forth
herein, the Court’s stay of the Texas action should be further continued in deference to the Virginia
action. Moreover, such a stay is supportable given that (a) the Virginia actions are active and (b)
Cyberlux is making payments under the Settlement Agreement.
11/15/2024 12:50 PM
Marilyn Burgess - District Clerk Harris County
Envelope No. 94347679
By: Shanelle Taylor
Filed: 11/15/2024 12:50 PM
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CAUSE NO. 2024-48085
ATLANTIC WA VE HOLDINGS, LLC § IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
and SECURE COMMUNITY, LLC, §
§
Plaintiff/Judgment-Creditor §
§
v. § HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
§
CYBERLUX CORPORATION and §
MARK D. SCHMIDT, Individually, §
§
Defendant/Judgment Debtors. § 129TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO EXTEND STAY OF ENFORCEMENT
Defendants Cyberlux Corporation and Mark D. Schmidt (collectively, “Cyberlux” or
“Defendants”) file this Motion to Extend this Court’s stay of collection efforts by Plaintiffs
considering the ongoing litigation of the underlying Virginia judgment (the “Stipulated
Judgment”), which is occurring in four separate legal actions pending in Virginia. In support
thereof, Cyberlux respectfully shows:
INTRODUCTION AND RELEVANT BACKGROUND
On October 28, 2024, this Court properly granted a thirty-day stay of any collection efforts
concerning the Stipulated Judgment by the Plaintiffs. This Court indicated that Cyberlux must
demonstrate material activity in the Virginia action in order to extend the stay of this Texas action
further. Because there is and has been material activity in the Virginia action, as further set forth
herein, the Court’s stay of the Texas action should be further continued in deference to the Virginia
action. Moreover, such a stay is supportable given that (a) the Virginia actions are active and (b)
Cyberlux is making payments under the Settlement Agreement.
11/15/2024 12:50 PM
Marilyn Burgess - District Clerk Harris County
Envelope No. 94347679
By: Shanelle Taylor
Filed: 11/15/2024 12:50 PM
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questionquestion
What entered order resolved the sixty-day request, and was the promised forty-five-day status report filed?
questionquestion
What complete payment ledger and the cited earlier Grimes/Schmidt exhibits reconcile the motion’s compliance claim with Zablah’s opposing ac
What complete payment ledger and the cited earlier Grimes/Schmidt exhibits reconcile the motion’s compliance claim with Zablah’s opposing account?
questionquestion
What later notices and orders establish hearings and outcomes in the four Virginia cases?
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On October 30 the court supplies February 28, March 27 and March 28. Robinson offers March 27 at 10 AM at 3:07 PM; Zablah confirms agreement at 3:19 PM; the court confirms a one-hour summary-judgment setting at 3:31 PM; Zablah accepts the duration at 3:32 and Robinson agrees at 3:43. These displayed communications substantiate a mutual setting rather than a unilateral April-only offer.supportsOn October 30 the court supplies February 28, March 27 and March 28. Robinson offers March 27 at 10 AM at 3:07 PM; Zablah confirms agreement at 3:19 PM; the court confirms a one-hour summary-judgment setting at 3:31 PM; Zablah accepts the duration at 3:32 and Robinson agrees at 3:43. These displayed communications substantiate a mutual setting rather than a unilateral April-only offer.
Same embedded October 30 messages, read in both packets; repeated documentary support with no independence increment.
The November 15, 2024 motion in Harris County 2024-48085 by Cyberlux and Mark D. Schmidt seeks sixty additional days of enforcement stay, describing an October 28 thirty-day stay conditioned on material activity in Virginia. The requested extension is not an entered order.supportsThe November 15 motion adds a request and reporting undertaking but reuses November 7 testimony and the same September–October exchange. It is a new procedural event, not another independent corroborating account of underlying payments or litigation merits.
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
On September 30 Zablah seeks November dates; October 1 court options are November 19, 20 and December 16. On October 30 he apologises for delay and difficulty agreeing, seeks new dates and changes the requested hearing to summary judgment. The court offers December 27 and January 17, 29 and 31; Robinson asks for February because earlier dates conflict and the January 27 week is held for another matter.supportsThe attached contemporaneous chain supports Robinson’s narrow account that a March setting was mutually agreed then withdrawn by opposing counsel. It also documents constraints on both sides and court availability, so it does not establish a blanket conclusion that only Atlantic Wave caused delay.
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
Robinson disputes Zablah’s delay account, describes a six-week effort changing from a thirty-minute compel hearing to a one-hour summary-judgment hearing, and attributes failure to find dates to court and counsel availability. He says November 18–19 labour arbitration and December 27 travel prevented those dates. These personal-calendar explanations are testimony.supportsWhat later notices and orders establish hearings and outcomes in the four Virginia cases?
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
At 4:49 PM that same October 30, Zablah apologises and says March 27 will not work because of a trial in another jurisdiction, then asks for November alternatives, even thirty minutes, stressing the injunction matter’s urgency. The displayed change is supported; it does not establish a fabricated conflict or dishonest motive.supportsThe attached contemporaneous chain supports Robinson’s narrow account that a March setting was mutually agreed then withdrawn by opposing counsel. It also documents constraints on both sides and court availability, so it does not establish a blanket conclusion that only Atlantic Wave caused delay.
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
The motion asserts hundreds of thousands paid to Atlantic Wave and Strikepoint and all modified-schedule payments made and accepted without condition. It cites Grimes and Schmidt declarations and exhibits in an earlier motion, none of which is embedded here. This advocacy cannot establish the ledger, recipient receipt or continuing compliance; Zablah’s attached October 31 email gives a materially different payment account.supportsDoes this packet establish a sixty-day stay extension and continuing payment compliance?
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
On October 30 the court supplies February 28, March 27 and March 28. Robinson offers March 27 at 10 AM at 3:07 PM; Zablah confirms agreement at 3:19 PM; the court confirms a one-hour summary-judgment setting at 3:31 PM; Zablah accepts the duration at 3:32 and Robinson agrees at 3:43. These displayed communications substantiate a mutual setting rather than a unilateral April-only offer.supportsThe attached contemporaneous chain supports Robinson’s narrow account that a March setting was mutually agreed then withdrawn by opposing counsel. It also documents constraints on both sides and court availability, so it does not establish a blanket conclusion that only Atlantic Wave caused delay.
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
The motion asserts hundreds of thousands paid to Atlantic Wave and Strikepoint and all modified-schedule payments made and accepted without condition. It cites Grimes and Schmidt declarations and exhibits in an earlier motion, none of which is embedded here. This advocacy cannot establish the ledger, recipient receipt or continuing compliance; Zablah’s attached October 31 email gives a materially different payment account.supportsThe underlying agreements, referenced earlier payment declarations and exhibits, motion to compel attachment, full October 28 hearing and resulting stay-extension order are not supplied in this packet.
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
On October 30 the court supplies February 28, March 27 and March 28. Robinson offers March 27 at 10 AM at 3:07 PM; Zablah confirms agreement at 3:19 PM; the court confirms a one-hour summary-judgment setting at 3:31 PM; Zablah accepts the duration at 3:32 and Robinson agrees at 3:43. These displayed communications substantiate a mutual setting rather than a unilateral April-only offer.supportsDoes this packet establish a sixty-day stay extension and continuing payment compliance?
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
Zablah’s October 31 reply rejects April, alleges discovery and deposition failures, says ordinary settlement payments have not reached Atlantic Wave in almost a year apart from garnishments consumed by charges, proposes co-counsel coverage, and seeks November deposition/turnover dates. These accusations and payment statements are his representations, not adjudicated facts. His text prints November 19, 2025, while the surrounding exchange concerns the upcoming November 2024 date; retain the discrepancy without silently changing the email.supportsWhat complete payment ledger and the cited earlier Grimes/Schmidt exhibits reconcile the motion’s compliance claim with Zablah’s opposing account?
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
Defendants state they will provide a status report to the court in forty-five days while requesting sixty additional days of stay. The text does not explicitly define the clock’s commencement or show submission of that report.supportsThe November 15 motion adds a request and reporting undertaking but reuses November 7 testimony and the same September–October exchange. It is a new procedural event, not another independent corroborating account of underlying payments or litigation merits.
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
Clark signs /s/ November 15 and certifies electronic service. Page 30 retains the November 7 response certificate, envelope 94054206; page 31 identifies this November 15 motion, envelope 94347679, submitted 12:50:29 PM, status 3:49 PM CST. Both list SENT rows with duplicate names; these are separate filing events, not two service records proving receipt of this motion.supportsThe November 15 motion adds a request and reporting undertaking but reuses November 7 testimony and the same September–October exchange. It is a new procedural event, not another independent corroborating account of underlying payments or litigation merits.
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
The email chain begins September 12 with Zablah requesting a thirty-minute hearing on a motion to compel deposition and saying that motion is attached. The court offers September 23, 24 and 25, then explains criminal dates and a seven-day jury trial limit alternatives to October 31. The referenced motion itself is not embedded in the thread printout.supportsThe attached contemporaneous chain supports Robinson’s narrow account that a March setting was mutually agreed then withdrawn by opposing counsel. It also documents constraints on both sides and court availability, so it does not establish a blanket conclusion that only Atlantic Wave caused delay.
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
The November 15, 2024 motion in Harris County 2024-48085 by Cyberlux and Mark D. Schmidt seeks sixty additional days of enforcement stay, describing an October 28 thirty-day stay conditioned on material activity in Virginia. The requested extension is not an entered order.supportsThe underlying agreements, referenced earlier payment declarations and exhibits, motion to compel attachment, full October 28 hearing and resulting stay-extension order are not supplied in this packet.
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
The November 15, 2024 motion in Harris County 2024-48085 by Cyberlux and Mark D. Schmidt seeks sixty additional days of enforcement stay, describing an October 28 thirty-day stay conditioned on material activity in Virginia. The requested extension is not an entered order.supportsDoes this packet establish a sixty-day stay extension and continuing payment compliance?
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
The motion asserts hundreds of thousands paid to Atlantic Wave and Strikepoint and all modified-schedule payments made and accepted without condition. It cites Grimes and Schmidt declarations and exhibits in an earlier motion, none of which is embedded here. This advocacy cannot establish the ledger, recipient receipt or continuing compliance; Zablah’s attached October 31 email gives a materially different payment account.supportsWhat complete payment ledger and the cited earlier Grimes/Schmidt exhibits reconcile the motion’s compliance claim with Zablah’s opposing account?
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
The motion and reused declaration characterise four Virginia proceedings as opposing enforcement, seeking injunction and declaratory relief or reformation, and defending a new breach action. Their account of settlement modifications and judgment conditions is not supported here by the actual agreements, underlying pleadings or resulting rulings.supportsThe underlying agreements, referenced earlier payment declarations and exhibits, motion to compel attachment, full October 28 hearing and resulting stay-extension order are not supplied in this packet.
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Zablah’s October 31 reply rejects April, alleges discovery and deposition failures, says ordinary settlement payments have not reached Atlantic Wave in almost a year apart from garnishments consumed by charges, proposes co-counsel coverage, and seeks November deposition/turnover dates. These accusations and payment statements are his representations, not adjudicated facts. His text prints November 19, 2025, while the surrounding exchange concerns the upcoming November 2024 date; retain the discrepancy without silently changing the email.supportsDoes this packet establish a sixty-day stay extension and continuing payment compliance?
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The email chain begins September 12 with Zablah requesting a thirty-minute hearing on a motion to compel deposition and saying that motion is attached. The court offers September 23, 24 and 25, then explains criminal dates and a seven-day jury trial limit alternatives to October 31. The referenced motion itself is not embedded in the thread printout.supportsThe underlying agreements, referenced earlier payment declarations and exhibits, motion to compel attachment, full October 28 hearing and resulting stay-extension order are not supplied in this packet.
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Zablah’s October 31 reply rejects April, alleges discovery and deposition failures, says ordinary settlement payments have not reached Atlantic Wave in almost a year apart from garnishments consumed by charges, proposes co-counsel coverage, and seeks November deposition/turnover dates. These accusations and payment statements are his representations, not adjudicated facts. His text prints November 19, 2025, while the surrounding exchange concerns the upcoming November 2024 date; retain the discrepancy without silently changing the email.supportsThe attached contemporaneous chain supports Robinson’s narrow account that a March setting was mutually agreed then withdrawn by opposing counsel. It also documents constraints on both sides and court availability, so it does not establish a blanket conclusion that only Atlantic Wave caused delay.
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Defendants state they will provide a status report to the court in forty-five days while requesting sixty additional days of stay. The text does not explicitly define the clock’s commencement or show submission of that report.supportsDoes this packet establish a sixty-day stay extension and continuing payment compliance?
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
Jimmy F. Robinson, Richmond office managing shareholder and lead counsel for Cyberlux/Schmidt, signs a declaration under penalty of perjury November 7, 2024. He identifies four Virginia proceedings: original CL22003882-00; injunction CL24002919-00 filed July 8 with August 1 answer; declaratory CL24002960-00 filed July 8 facing demurrer; and plaintiffs’ breach action CL24003910-00 with Cyberlux demurrer November 4.supportsWhat later notices and orders establish hearings and outcomes in the four Virginia cases?
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Defendants state they will provide a status report to the court in forty-five days while requesting sixty additional days of stay. The text does not explicitly define the clock’s commencement or show submission of that report.supportsWhat entered order resolved the sixty-day request, and was the promised forty-five-day status report filed?
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On October 31 the court offers November 19 at 12:30 if all are available. Robinson says he has a trial and insufficient briefing time and seeks dates beyond March 27. The court offers several April dates; Robinson offers April 21 at 10 and April 28 at 9. This identifies both parties’ stated constraints rather than proving only one caused all delay.supportsThe attached contemporaneous chain supports Robinson’s narrow account that a March setting was mutually agreed then withdrawn by opposing counsel. It also documents constraints on both sides and court availability, so it does not establish a blanket conclusion that only Atlantic Wave caused delay.
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
Jimmy F. Robinson, Richmond office managing shareholder and lead counsel for Cyberlux/Schmidt, signs a declaration under penalty of perjury November 7, 2024. He identifies four Virginia proceedings: original CL22003882-00; injunction CL24002919-00 filed July 8 with August 1 answer; declaratory CL24002960-00 filed July 8 facing demurrer; and plaintiffs’ breach action CL24003910-00 with Cyberlux demurrer November 4.supportsThe November 15 motion adds a request and reporting undertaking but reuses November 7 testimony and the same September–October exchange. It is a new procedural event, not another independent corroborating account of underlying payments or litigation merits.
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The motion and reused declaration characterise four Virginia proceedings as opposing enforcement, seeking injunction and declaratory relief or reformation, and defending a new breach action. Their account of settlement modifications and judgment conditions is not supported here by the actual agreements, underlying pleadings or resulting rulings.supportsWhat later notices and orders establish hearings and outcomes in the four Virginia cases?
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
At 4:49 PM that same October 30, Zablah apologises and says March 27 will not work because of a trial in another jurisdiction, then asks for November alternatives, even thirty minutes, stressing the injunction matter’s urgency. The displayed change is supported; it does not establish a fabricated conflict or dishonest motive.supportsDoes this packet establish a sixty-day stay extension and continuing payment compliance?
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
The November 15, 2024 motion in Harris County 2024-48085 by Cyberlux and Mark D. Schmidt seeks sixty additional days of enforcement stay, describing an October 28 thirty-day stay conditioned on material activity in Virginia. The requested extension is not an entered order.supportsWhat entered order resolved the sixty-day request, and was the promised forty-five-day status report filed?
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
The motion asserts hundreds of thousands paid to Atlantic Wave and Strikepoint and all modified-schedule payments made and accepted without condition. It cites Grimes and Schmidt declarations and exhibits in an earlier motion, none of which is embedded here. This advocacy cannot establish the ledger, recipient receipt or continuing compliance; Zablah’s attached October 31 email gives a materially different payment account.supportsThe November 15 motion adds a request and reporting undertaking but reuses November 7 testimony and the same September–October exchange. It is a new procedural event, not another independent corroborating account of underlying payments or litigation merits.
Specifically named source propositions support the bounded distinction or question.
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