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Filing # 112002684 E-Filed 08/18/2020 03:46:04 PM
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
• IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
CA FLORIDA HOLDINGS, LLC,
Publisher of the PALM BEACH POST,
Plaintiff,
v.
DAVE ARONBERG, as State Attorney of
Palm Beach County, Florida; SHARON R.
BOCK, as Clerk and Comptroller of Palm
Beach County, Florida.
Defendants.
CASE NO.: 19-CA-01 681
AS
AFFIDAVIT OF DAVID ARC
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH
Before me, the undersigned authority personally ap
states:
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ejred'DAVID ARONBERC, being first duly sworn,
My name is David (Dave) Aronberg, and I am the State Attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial
Circuit/Palm Beach County, Florida, si a 13, and a Defendant in the above-captioned matter.
2. Plaintiff is seekintiecla ry relief, pursuant to Ha. Stat. 905.2 I( Kc) and the Court's
inherent authority, allowing P ihti cep to the testimony, minutes, and other evidence presented in 2006
to the Palm Beach County ry, (the "Requested Materials"), and to use those materials for the
purpose of informing the public.
3. Despi tiff's above-described action for declaratory relief, neither myself nor the
Office of the e Atto y for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, ("SAO"), is in control, custody, or possession
of the R aterials.
As such, the declaratory relief sought by the Plaintiff seeks materials that are impossible
office to produce.
To be 'clear, neither myself nor the SAO has the legal authority to obtain and deliver the
Requested Materials.
6. I have repeatedly made these facts evident to the Plaintiff and the public through hot only
the pleadings and correspondence in this matter, but also through an office press release and my public
social media accounts. - •
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7. Despite the contentions of Plaintiff, neither myself nor the SAO has the authority to
demand that the Clerk grant the SAO acncs to grand jury materials after a criminal case has concluded.
8. Moreover, during my administration, neither myself nor my office has accessed grand jury
materials from the Clerk's office in this or any other instance.
9. As provided in section 905.17(1), Florida Statutes (2020), the Clerk has sole custody and
possession of the Requested Materials, which can only be released by the Clerk pursuant to an order of the
Court.
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STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH
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