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Joseph C. Zoghaib v. Societe Generale De Banque Au Liban, et al.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida · Federal district courts · FL · · 2026 WL 943756 · No. 25-CV-20097-MOORE/Elfenbein Zoghaib alleg · other
On 2026-04-08, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida recommended staying discovery and mediation pending two motions to dismiss. A self-represented party submitted a response brief with The response brief cited FSIA discovery authorities, including In re Clerici, for propositions those authorities did not support.
- Disposition
- The court recommended staying discovery and mediation pending two motions to dismiss and warned that the plaintiff’s FSIA discovery authorities did not support the cited propositions.
- Recorded conduct
- The response brief cited FSIA discovery authorities, including In re Clerici, for propositions those authorities did not support. — outcome: warning; actor: litigant in person
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SOCIETE GENERALE DE..., Slip Copy (2026) The Court ends its analysis by noting that, in his Responses, IV. CONCLUSION Zoghaib cites to various cases for certain propositions that *7 For the reasons explained above, I respectfully do not support his arguments, leading the Court to suspect RECOMMEND that BdL's Motion to Stay, ECF No. [75] that Zoghaib used artificial intelligence (“AI”) to write them. be GRANTED; SGBL's Motion to Stay, ECF No. [78], be For example, Zoghaib repeatedly cites to Meier ex rel. Meier GRANTED; and that discovery and mediation in this matter v. Sun Int'l Hotels, Ltd., 288 F.3d 1264, 1274 (11th Cir. be stayed until resolution of BdL's Motion to Dismiss, ECF 2002) to support his argument that “FSIA immunity does not No. [72], and SGBL's Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. [81]. bar jurisdictional discovery where the commercial-activity exception is invoked or jurisdictional facts are disputed.” See The Parties will have fourteen (14) days from the date of ECF No. [97] at 1. However, the Meier decision involves being served with a copy of this Report and Recommendation a dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction, making no within
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