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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Federal Election Commission, Plaintiff, v. Citizens Club for Growth, Inc., Defendant ) ) ) Civ. No. 05-1851 (RLW) ) ) ) ORDER Based on findings and conclusions announced in open court on May 29, 2012, (Dkt. No. 50, pp. 30-36), the Defendant Citizens Club For Growth, Inc.s Motion to Enforce Protective Order is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. A. The Federal Election Commission (FEC) hereby is FORMALLY

REPRIMANDED as a sanction for violating explicitly clear prohibitions of the January 17, 2007, Protective Order (Dkt. No. 35), by using for another case confidential documents that moving defendant Citizens Club for Growth, Inc., produced to the FEC during discovery in this action. B. Defendants requests for an order requiring destruction of the Confidential

Information and for an award of legal fees are DENIED. C. Defendants request for an order quashing the Speechnow.org subpoena

and other discovery in connection with that case is DENIED AS MOOT. The Commissioners of the Federal Election Commission are to be provided with copies of this Order and of the Courts underlying findings and conclusions. Counsel for the FEC represent that this will occur.

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This is a separate and appealable FINAL ORDER, resolving all pending matters in this case.
Digitally signed by Judge Robert L. Wilkins DN: cn=Judge Robert L. Wilkins, o=U.S. District Court, ou=Chambers of Honorable Robert L. Wilkins, email=RW@dc.uscourt.gov, c=US Date: 2012.06.25 10:18:12 -04'00'

SO ORDERED. June 25, 2012.

Robert L. Wilkins United States District Judge