Article 33697 of alt.religion.scientology: Path: news.cybercom.net!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!usenet From: Dick Cleek Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Judge Brinkema's ruling Date: 20 Sep 1995 22:12:23 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin Centers Lines: 55 Message-ID: <43q3k7$drl@uwm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 143.235.54.98 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2b4 (Windows; I; 16bit) IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division [stamp] FILED SEP 15 1995 RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY CENTER Plaintiff v. Civil Action No. 95-1107-A ARNALDO PAGLIARINA LERMA, DIGITAL GATEWAY SYSTEMS, THE WASHINGTON POST, MARC FISHER, and RICHARD LEIBY Defendants _ORDER_ For the reasons stated in open court, to be further developed in a written opinion to be issued, Plaintiff Religious Technology Center ("RTC")'s Motion for Reconsideration and Motion for a Preliminary Injunction Against Defendant Lerma are DENIED. Defendant Lerma's Motion to Vacate the Write of Seizure and Order for Impoundment is GRANTED and it is hereby ORDERED that RTC shall immediately return and restore to Defendant Lerma all seized materials in their exact original condition. This includes both Lerma's hard drives and all floppy discs; and it is further ORDERED that Defendant Lerma shall maintain the status quo as to possession of all the allegedly copyrighted materials at issue in this case and is restricted to employing them only in a fair use capacity. Lerma and his counsel are specifically prohibited from making any additional copies of the materials or transferring them in any manner or publicizing them other than in the context of fair use. This action moots the issued of increased bond relating to the seizure, so Defendant Lerma's Motion to Increase Bond is DENIED. Plaintiff RTC's Motions for Provisional Stays Pending Appeal to the Fourth Circuit are DENIED. The Clerk is directed to forward copies of this Order to counsel of record. Entered this 15th day of September, 1995. /s/Leonie M. Brinkema United States District Judge Alexandria, Virginia