Lemkins v. Lexington Herald-Leader [1]

On November 9, 2009, Kentucky attorney Astrida Lemkins issued a subpoena to the Lexington Herald-Leader, which operates the website Kentucky.com, seeking the identity of an anonymous commenter.  The subpoena was issued in connection with a defamation lawsuit filed by Lemkins against the commenter in state court.

At issue in the lawsuit are comments made by a commenter called "supercalifragilistic"to a September 18 article about Lemkins' client, accused killer Steve Nunn.  According to local television station WKYT, the comments contained claims that Lemkins "was mentally ill," had threatened to kill herself and had urged her client to "really really really get a new lawyer."