NEWDOW et al v. ROBERTS et al

Filing 13

Memorandum in opposition to re 4 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction filed by JOHN ROBERTS, JR, JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES, DIANNE FEINSTEIN, ARMED FORCES INAUGURAL COMMITTEE, RICHARD J. ROWE. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Exhibit 2, # 3 Exhibit 3, # 4 Exhibit 4, # 5 Exhibit 5, # 6 Exhibit 6, # 7 Exhibit 7: Groppel Declaration, # 8 Exhibit 8: Minear Declaration, # 9 Exhibit 9, # 10 Exhibit 10, # 11 Text of Proposed Order)(Rosenberg, Brad)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _______________________________________ ) MICHAEL NEWDOW, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) Civil Action No. v. ) 1:08-cv-02248-RBW ) HON. JOHN ROBERTS, JR., et al., ) ) Defendants. ) _______________________________________) [PROPOSED] ORDER This case is before the Court upon Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Dkt. No. 4). The Court having considered the parties' respective submissions in support of and in opposition to plaintiffs' motion, and having heard argument thereon,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction is hereby DENIED.

So ORDERED this _______ day of January, 2009.

____________________________________ HON. REGGIE B. WALTON UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Copies to: Robert V. Ritter Appignani Humanist Legal Center 1777 T Street, N.W. Washington , D.C. 20009 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Plaintiffs

Brad P. Rosenberg Eric B. Beckenhauer Trial Attorneys United States Department of Justice Civil Division Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] [e-mail] Counsel for the Federal Defendants

Craig A. Hoover E. Desmond Hogan Dominic F. Perella Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004-1109 Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] E-mail: [e-mail] Counsel for Defendant Presidential Inaugural Committee

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