Another delay

Once again lawyers agree to delay document filing

By David Baker

Continuing a pattern from the beginning of Morgan Carey's defamation lawsuit against his sister Mariah Carey, the hearing date on Morgan Carey's motion for either a default judgement or partial summary judgement has been postponed. Evidently three weeks was not enough time for Mariah Carey's team of lawyers to prepare a response to Morgan's Carey's claim that Mariah Carey's refusal to sign a document under oath that says the serious crime she accused him of in her book is true - and, therefore, not defamation.

On Friday, a stipulation was filed in the clerk's office, postponing the hearing date from August 15 to September 8. In it Morgan Carey's lawyer - who appears to operate a one-man firm - agreed to give the big law firm more time to file a response. 

Several times last year stipulations were filed delaying responses from both sides. 

The case started in March 2001 but has barely moved along in the 16 months since. 

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