Sounds More Like Garth Knight to Me

Cross v. Facebook, Inc., No. A148623 (D1d2 Aug. 9, 2017) 

Plaintiff here is Jason Cross, aka, Mikel Knight. No, not Michael Knight—a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law. It’s Mikel Knight, a performer of really awful Country/Rap music, who (if one believes the internets) goes around the country with his “Maverick Dirt Road Street Team,” using aggressive and sometimes violent tactics to peddle his merch, harass women, and get in all kinds of traffic accidents.

Your Secrets Are Safer if Your Therapist is a PhD, Not an MD

Cross v. Superior Court, No. B277600 (D2d5 May 1, 2017)

A psychiatrist is under investigation for over-prescribing Adderall. After reviewing her prescription records, a Board of Medical examiners subpoenaed the doctor for the medical records of three patients to whom it appear that over-prescriptions occurred. The psychiatrist—claiming that she couldn’t get consent from the patients—refused to comply with the subpoenas on grounds of the physician-patient and psychotherapist-patient privileges as well as the right to medical privacy. The trial court overruled the objections and order the records produced. The doc took a writ.