Filing # 48867826 E-Filed 11/14/2016 04:21:06 PM

SUMTER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.,

a Florida not for profit corporation,

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH

JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR
MARION COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO. 2016-CA-000712

Plaintiff,
Rule 1.430. Demand for Jury Trial
By Defendant Neil J. Gillespie
Trial By Jury, Art. I, Sec. 22, Fla. Const.

vs.
NEIL J. GILLESPIE,
Defendant.
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This is a Contested Lawsuit. Defendant

Neil J. Gillespie contests this lawsuit.

DEFENDANTS NOTICE OF APPEAL

NOTICE IS GIVEN that Defendant Neil J. Gillespie appeals to the Fifth District Court of
Appeals the following Orders entered by Circuit Judge Edward L. Scott:
ORDER ON DEFENDANTS MOTION FOR ADVICE OF COUNSEL entered
November 3, 2016. This Order was not served on the Defendant. (Exhibit 1)
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS MOTION FOR ADVICE OF COUNSEL under
the Older Americans Act (OAA) 42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq., as amended, entered November
9, 2016, and allegedly served on the Defendant by mail November 9, 2016, but not on the
Plaintiff, or its counsel, or anyone else. The word AMENDED is scribbled by hand on
top of the Order. (Exhibit 2).
ORDER denying Trial By Jury, Art. I, Sec. 22, Fla. Const., entered November 14, 2016.
(Exhibit 3)
The Clerk approved the Defendants Application for Indigency on July 7, 2016.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED November 14, 2016

Neil J. Gillespie, Defendant pro se

8092 SW 115th Loop
Ocala, Florida 34481
Telephone: (352) 854-7807
Email: neilgillespie@mfi.net

Service List November 14, 2016

I hereby certify the following names were served by email today November 14, 2016 through the
Florida Portal, unless otherwise expressly stated.
The Honorable Don F. Briggs
Chief Judge, Fifth Judicial Circuit
Lake County Judicial Center
550 W. Main Street
Tavares, FL 32778-7800
Tel. 352-742-4224
Email: dbriggs@circuit5.org

The Honorable Edward L. Scott

Circuit Court Judge, Fifth Judicial Circuit
Marion County Judicial Center
110 N.W. 1st Avenue, Ocala, FL 34475
Tel. 352-401-7810
Email: escott@circuit5.org
Becky Knipe, JA, bknipe@circuit5.org

Lewis W. Stone
Florida Bar No. 0281174
Email: Lewis@StoneandGerken.com

Stone & Gerken, P.A.

4850 North Highway 19A
Mount Dora, FL 32757
Email: SGService@StoneandGerken.com

Kevin M. Stone
Florida Bar No. 0028516
Email: Kevin@ StoneandGerken.com

William Grant Watson

Florida Bar No. 0023875
Email: Grant@StoneandGerken.com

Matthew G. Minter, County Attorney

601 SE 25th Avenue, Ocala, FL 34471
Email: Matthew.Minter@marioncountyfl.org
Karl Oltz, Director of Communications
Marion County Public Safety
Email: Karl.Oltz@marioncountyfl.org

Wendy Spillman, Injunction Clerk

Marion County Public Safety Communications
Email: wendy.spillman@marioncountyfl.org

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN

AND FOR MARION COUNTY, FLORIDA

SUMTER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.,

a Florida not for profit coporation,
Plaintiff,
Case No: 2016-0712-CA-G

vs.

NEIL J. GILLESPIE,
Defendant.

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ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT'S "MOTION FOR ADVICE OF COUNSEL"

THIS CAUSE came before the Court on Defendant's correspondence dated October
26, 2016, which the Court shall treat as a pro se motion for appointment of counsel. The
Court has considered said motion, reviewed the court file, and is otherwise duly advised in
the premises.
It is therefore ORDERED and ADJUDGED: Petitioner's pro se 'Motion for Advice
of Counsel" is hereby denied.
civil action.

There is no constitutional right to appointed counsel in a

See Blacl~ v. Rouse, 587 So.2d 1359, 1362 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991).

IT IS SO ORDERED in chambers, Marion County Judicial Center, Ocala, Florida,

on this

day of November, 2016.

Edward L. Scott
Circuit Judge

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and accurate copy of the foregoing has been

furnished to the following U.S. Mail this

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day of November, 2016:

Neil J. Gillespie
8092 SW 115th Loop
Ocala, Florida 34481
neilgillespie@mfi.net
BeckyKn
Judicial Assistant

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