Petitioner's First Set of Interrogatories To Respondent
Petitioner's First Set of Interrogatories To Respondent
pursuant to Civil Rules 26 and 33, hereby requests that Respondent Elliot Forhan
(“Respondent”), answer the following written Interrogatories under oath, and serve a copy
of his answers no later than February 20, 2024 on counsel for Petitioner at the offices of
Tucker Ellis LLP, 950 Main Avenue, Suite 1100, Cleveland, Ohio 44113-7213, or via email to
undersigned counsel.
INSTRUCTIONS
A. General Instructions
you, after answering, acquire additional knowledge or information, Petitioner asks that you
serve on the undersigned further answers to such interrogatories within five days after
acquiring such additional knowledge or information. In the event that you acquire
additional knowledge or information less than five days prior to the hearing in this matter,
Petitioner asks that you serve on the undersigned further answers to such interrogatories
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2. In responding to these interrogatories, furnish all information, however
obtained, including any information that is available to you and information known by or in
possession of yourself, your agents and your attorneys, or appearing in your records. If a
claim of privilege, immunity or otherwise is asserted, please support the claimed privilege
with a statement of particulars sufficient to enable the Court to assess its validity. In the
case of a document, such a statement should identify each such document by specifying its
date, author(s), recipient(s), subject matter, all persons to whom such document has been
provided, and set forth the grounds upon which its production is being withheld. In the case
of a communication, the statement should include the date, place, subject, and purpose of
the communication, as well as the names, addresses, and positions of all persons present.
the singular, it shall also be construed to be in the plural and vice versa. If any document
custody or control but is not at the present time, or is known to you to have been in
existence, but is not at the present time, state what disposition was made of it or what
became of it.
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DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this First Set of Interrogatories, the following terms shall be defined
as follows:
1. “Petition” means the Petition for Civil Stalking Protection Order filed by
Petitioner on or around November 20, 2023 in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common
including but not limited to cars, trucks, and SUVs, without regard to body type.
3. “Ex Parte Order” means the Order of Protection issued on November 21, 2023
4. “Document” and “documents” as used herein are both singular and plural and
shall be defined to the broadest extent permitted by Ohio Rule of Civil Procedure 34, and
shall include, without limitation, any written, printed, recorded, electronically stored,
typed, handwritten, transcribed, punched, taped, filmed or graphic matter of every kind or
description, whether produced, recorded, reproduced or stored on paper, film, video, other
multimedia formats, or electronic storage devices, and whether draft or final, original or
any of them to have been created or reproduced, or within the your right to obtain upon
typewritten or stenographic), text messages, instant message logs, online chat logs,
schedules, ledgers, accounting records, invoices, vouchers, checks, estimates, work papers,
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sketches, prints, diagrams, drawings, plans, pictures, tables, lists, maps, data sheets,
recordings, videos, drawings, graphs, charts, data processing results, printouts, file and
index cards, computations, electronic recordings, computer tapes, discs and cards, and all
other data compilations from which intelligence can be perceived with or without the use
of detection devices.
state the full legal name, present or last known mailing address, telephone number, and
6. “Refer,” “reflect,” and “relate” shall mean referring to, or having any
Forhan, or any other person, attorney, agent, employee, subsidiary, or other individual or
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INTERROGATORIES
INTERROGATORY NO. 1: Identify each person whom you expect to call as a witness at
the full hearing in this matter, stating the subject matter of the expected testimony for each.
ANSWER:
INTERROGATORY NO. 2: Identify each person who has knowledge of the allegations in
the Petition, which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, to the extent not identified in response
to Interrogatory No. 1.
INTERROGATORY NO. 3: Identify each document you expect to proffer as evidence at the
ANSWER:
INTERROGATORY NO. 4: Identify all social media or similar websites including, but not
limited to, Facebook, Twitter or X, Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, Reddit, TikTok, Myspace,
LinkedIn, Google Plus, YouTube, you have used during the relevant period of time, including
ANSWER:
INTERROGATORY NO. 5: Identify by make, model, year, color, and license plate all
ANSWER:
INTERROGATORY NO. 6: Identify by make, model, year, color, and license plate all
Automobiles registered in your name or in the name of any individuals who reside with
you.
ANSWER:
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Respectfully submitted,
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PROOF OF SERVICE
Elliot P. Forhan
Ohio House of Representatives
Vern Riffe State Office Tower
77 South High Street, Floor 12
Columbus, OH 43215
[email protected]
Respondent
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VERIFICATION
STATE OF OHIO )
) ss:
COUNTY OF _______________________ )
Elliot P. Forhan, being duly sworn, says that the foregoing responses to Petitioner
Juanita Brent’s First Set of Interrogatories are true and correct to the best of my knowledge,
Elliot P. Forhan
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence on this ____ day of__________________, 2024.
Notary Public
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