UPDATED: Self-Proclaimed Facebook Half-Owner Paul Ceglia Draws Ire Of Judge

Paul Ceglia, the man who claims to own one-half of Facebook, drew the ire of U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York Judge Leslie Foschio Thursday, as the judge dismissed five motions filed by Ceglia, granting one filed by the social network, and gave Ceglia 10 days to persuade him why further sanctions should not be assessed for trying to delay the legal proceedings.

Paul Ceglia, the man who claims to own one-half of Facebook, drew the ire of U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York Judge Leslie Foschio Thursday, as the judge dismissed five motions filed by Ceglia, granting one filed by the social network, and gave Ceglia 10 days to persuade him why further sanctions should not be assessed for trying to delay the legal proceedings.

CNET reported that Foschio appears to be losing patience with Ceglia, often using strong language in explaining why he dismissed the motions, and saying that the “complete dearth of any evidence” supporting the motions, as well as the “requests to stay discovery pending resolution of such motions, gives rise to more than suspicion that such motions were filed solely to unreasonably and vexatiously multiply the proceedings, and especially to derail the schedule for the limited discovery of experts.”

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