Holmgren v. Murrieta Opinion [1]

Roy Holmgren sued the Murrietta Opinion [2] and About Murrieta [3]blogs, as well anonymous operators and/or commenters to these blogs, for defamation in California state court in March 2008. The complaint [4] alleged that the defendants published false statements about Holmgren on the two blogs, including statements that he was a stalker, that he was married to an illegal alien, and that he committed crimes that destroyed property. Cmplt. ¶ 9.

The case did not move forward for several months because Holmgren did not know the identities of the blog operators and commenters. Blogspot, the hosting service for the two blogs, refused to cooperate with Holmgren's request for identifying information.

After some investigation, Holmgren amended the complaint [5] in Sepember 2008, naming Jeffrey Kleiner as the operator of the Murrieta Opinion blog. According to an affidavit [6], Holmgren mailed the amended complaint to Kleiner, but he has not served or identified any other defendants.

Update:

12/15/2008 - Court issued an Order to Show Cause [7] to Holmgren requiring him to show why sanctions of $150.00 on the 1st Amended Complaint should not be ordered for failure to file proof of service of summons.

Case is ongoing: A case management hearing is scheduled for 8/07/2009.

According to a comment [8] posted below, the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the case after being unable to locate the defendant.