pleader Whether a complaint is sufficient to state a cause of action is an issue oflaw WR Townsend Contracting Inc Jensen Civil Construction Inc So 2d Fla 1st DCA When a trial court rules on a motion to dismiss the trial court is confined to the allegations within the four comers of the Complaint must accept these allegations as true and may not speculate as to what the true facts may be or what facts may ultimately be proved in the trial of the cause See Al-Hakim Holder So 2d Fla 2d DCA Lopez-Infante Union Cent Life Ins Co So 2d Fla 3d The purpose of a motion to dismiss is to determine whether the plaintiff has alleged a viable cause of action Hammons Buckeye Cellulose Corp So 2d Fla In fact despite the elemental proposition that on a motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action all allegations are taken as true a court will not by inference on inference or speculations supply essential averments that are lacking Alvarez A Produce Corp So 2d Fla 3d DCA see also Conley Shutts Bowen P.A So 2d Fla 3d DCA Taking the facts alleged therein and exhibits attached to the Complaint Plaintiff failed to state a cause of action against the Clerk and therefore the Complaint against the Clerk should be dismissed because under no set of facts can the Plaintiff state a cause of action for which relief can be granted COUNTI Florida Statutes Section Admittedly Fla Stat sets forth possible exceptions to the disclosure of grand jury testimony Plaintiff here brings an attempted cause of action under the same statute however a review of the statute in question reveals that no cause of action is provided for therein and therefore Plaintiffs Complaint must be dismissed as a matter oflaw Moreover a review of the statute at issue clearly indicates that even if Fla Stat provided a basis for an independent cause of action Plaintiff is barred from access to the records it seeks for the purposes it has set forth as Fla Stat states When such disclosure is ordered by a court pursuant to subsection for use in a civil case it may be disclosed to all parties to the case and to their attorneys and by the latter to their legal associates and employees However the grand iury testimony afforded such persons by the court can only be used in the defense or prosecution of the civil or criminal case and for no other purpose whatsoever Here despite the clear statutory guidelines for disclosure of grand jury materials in a civil case Plaintiff is improperly seeking the requested grand jury materials for the purposes of public disclosure and publication pursuant to the courts inherent authority and supervisory powers over the grand jury Again even if Plaintiff properly asserted a cause of action under Fla Stat the statute unambiguously states that grand jury testimony can only be used in the defense or prosecution of the civil or criminal case and for no other purpose whatsoever which is distinctly different from Plaintiffs intended purpose for public disclosure of the grand jury evidence Fla Stat CONCLUSION Here the Clerks sole involvement in this action is as the custodian of the record as set forth in section Florida Statute This duty includes keeping grand jury records confidential pursuant to section Florida Statute The Clerk must follow strict statutory guidelines to maintain these records confidentiality Further emphasizing the statutory intent of confidentiality section Florida Statute even imposes a penalty for improper disclosure of grand jury proceedings or identity of persons at the level of a felony of the third degree Plaintiffs Complaint is an extensive recitation of the factual background regarding Jeffery Epstein and the testimony and evidence presented to the grand jury in Palm Beach County Florida However that recitation fails to state a cause of action for which relief can be granted WHEREFORE based on the foregoing argument and supporting authority Defendant Sharon Bock as Clerk Comptroller Palm Beach County respectfully prays 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