Mann vs. Steyn Update

An Appropriate Change of Venue

The court proceedings in the case of Mann vs. Simberg and Steyn resume today in a new courtroom. It is the sixty-eighth anniversary of H.L. Mencken’s death, and the closest we’ll ever see to a conservative Mencken reports:

“Week Three will commence at the DC Superior Court at 9.30am today ...but not in Courtroom 518. As I noted after Thursday's grim session:

In tribute to the plaintiff's 'reconstruction' of climate records, the temperature controls in Judge Irving's court have completely broken down. The trial exhibits have begun to warp. Yesterday, I came close to passing out.

My doctor in France advises that heart patients should not be in temperatures above 26 Celsius - that's 79 Fahrenheit. His Lordship's airless windowless room was heading up to ninety. I don't believe that a judge, even in America, has the right to upgrade a defamation suit into a capital offence. So I said to him, somewhat intemperately, that I thought you guys had a constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment down here.

And thus, as issued over the weekend, behold the Court's new order:

This order is to advise that all further trial proceedings will take place in Courtroom 132 of the Moultrie Courthouse starting on Monday, January 29, 2024.

The Court has moved all demonstratives admitted into evidence to Courtroom 132. Courtroom 518 will open at 8:15 a.m. on January 29, 2024, for the Parties to relocate all of their remaining belongings and materials to Courtroom 132.

Attendees wishing to observe the trial virtually can join Virtual Courtroom 132 at or dial (202) 860-2110 / (844) 992-4726 and enter the WebEx meeting ID 2343 119 3793.

ACCORDINGLY, it is by the Court this 26th of January 2024, hereby ORDERED that the jury trial in this matter will resume on January 29, 2024, at 9:30 a.m., in Courtroom 132 of the Moultrie Courthouse; and it is further ORDERED that all further jury trial proceedings in this matter will take place in Courtroom 132 of the Moultrie Courthouse.”

Ergo, a trial ostensibly about global warming has moved because it is the temperature inside the courtroom that really is a hazard to someone’s health.

Steyn further reports the courtroom-wide shock when Mann admitted he has not spent any money on his legal representation. (Steyn has reportedly spent several million dollars defending himself.)

Yesterday, Amy K. Mitchell at SteynOnline reported that Mann’s income has increased every year since he allegedly suffered damages from Simberg and Steyn and that any grant money he lost likely had to do with Penn State’s reputation sinking after the Sandusky scandal.

Then, she quoted me. (See “In the News”.)

Thanks to her and all at Team Steyn (including the man himself).