Where does Ike find the time?

It's remarkable that Ike Spears has the energy and time to devote to this petty business.  Dover must have really pissed him off.

On Tuesday, the criminal defense attorney and political operative filed a defamation lawsuit in Orleans Parish Civil District Court against a prosecutor over a courtroom confrontation that has already spawned a Louisiana Supreme Court reprimand. Spears is seeking more than $50,000 in damages from Iain Dover for calling him a “liar” during a routine hearing in Criminal District Court last year.

The lawsuit revives a year-old beef between Spears, a political ally of U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, and Dover, who prosecuted cases in New Orleans before he took a similar job in Washington Parish.

This is a busy time for Ike.  He's already got his hands full suing half the people who qualified to run for office against his and Cedric's favored candidates this month. Yes, Ike, we know it's usually you even though you say it isn't. Please don't sue us for saying that, though. We only know what we read in the electronic papers.

The hour-long hearing did reveal a hectic few hours leading up to Jones’ qualifying, including clearing fines with the state Board of Ethics and driving through the rain to enter the race at the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office.

Linnell Steib, a resident of Jones’ district who also has grandchildren in the public school system, said she filed the suit after learning Jones did not. She said she was informed of the issue by former City Councilman James Gray and defense attorney and political consultant Ike Spears.

Reached by phone, Gray and Spears both denied that they provided the information to Steib. Both said they were not working for either Ashonta Wyatt or Shawon Bernard, Jones’ opponents in the fall election.

We do remember noticing the scrap between Spears and Dover back in May.  Spears threatened to "punch the shit out of" Dover and offered only this hilarious non-apology after the judge got the two of them back under control.

When Pittman tried to stop the fight, Spears told her he was going to be the bigger man than Dover — but also offered to settle the exchange "outside the courtroom."

"Perhaps, you shouldn't, Mr. Spears," Pittman said. The judge then ordered the two men into her chambers. They both apologized on the record after meeting with her.

"Your Honor, let me first apologize to the court for losing my temper with Mr. Dover, threatening to kick his butt after using profanity in the courtroom. It won't happen again," Spears said.

I'm sorry I almost had to kick his butt.  Still cracks me up.  Anyway, here we are months later and Spears still isn't ready to let it go. How big of an asshole must Dover be?  Pretty big, actually.

In September 2016, Assistant District Attorney Iain Dover and an investigator showed up at the victim’s house in a neighboring parish, according to a transcript of a court hearing.

They brought a so-called “DA subpoena” ordering the girl to come to the DA’s office for an interview, Pensanti said.

The girl and her mother had retained Pensanti, who was recommended by a friend of the family, to act as a liaison between them and the DA’s office. The Lens is not identifying the girl or her mother because of the nature of the charges.

The Lens hasn’t seen the document delivered that day, but Dover described it in a court hearing. “The State went out to the house to attempt to contact the victim, short of issuing an Article 66 subpoena,” he told a judge.

The prosecutor didn’t explain what he meant by that. Later in the hearing, he called the document a “subpoena.”

Sorry nobody kicked his butt.