This document is a motion filed in a civil case in the United States District Court for South Carolina. The motion requests that the defendant G. Ben Thompson be allowed to join the response filed by another defendant, Susan M. Brown, to a motion for sanctions filed by the plaintiff. The motion states that the allegations in the plaintiff's motion for sanctions are the same against both defendants. The attorney for G. Ben Thompson asks to adopt the answer filed by Susan M. Brown in response to the motion for sanctions.

1. 4:08-cv-02753-TLW -TER Date Filed 12/07/09 Entry Number 94 Page 1 of 1
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
FLORENCE DIVISION
HOWARD K. STERN, as Executor of the )
Estate of Vickie Lynn Marshall, )
a/k/a Vickie Lynn Smith, )
a/k/a Vickie Lynn Hogan, ) Civil Case No.: 4:08-cv-2753
a/k/a Anna Nicole Smith, )
)
Plaintiff, )
)
vs. )
) MOTION TO JOIN RESPONSE
STANCIL SHELLEY, ) TO MOTION FOR SANCTIONS BY
a/k/a Ford Shelley, ) DEFENDANT SUSAN M. BROWN
G. BEN THOMPSON, )
and John or Jane Doe 1-12 whose true names)
are unknown, )
)
Defendants. )
____________________________________)
The undersigned hereby moves on behalf of Defendant, G. Ben Thompson, to be allowed to
join the Response to Motion for Sanctions by Defendant, Susan M. Brown.
No issues have been raised separate and distinct from the allegations against Defendant,
Susan M. Brown in the Motion for Sanctions filed by Plaintiff in this action.
The undersigned would hereby request that he be allowed to adopt the Answer filed by
Defendant, Susan M. Brown in the above entitled action.
By: s R. Scott Joye
R. Scott Joye
Federal I.D. No. 7310
Joye, Nappier & Risher, LLC
3575 Highway 17 Business
Murrells Inlet, SC 29576
Attorney for Defendant,
G. Ben Thompson
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
December 7, 2009