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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTMIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDATAMPA DIVISION
Case No: 8:12-cv-2477-T-33EASKENNAN G. DANDAR,and DANDAR & DANDAR, P.A.,Plaintiffs,v.CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGYFLAG SERVICE ORGANIZATION,INC., F. WALLACE “WALLY” POPE, JR., JOHNSON POPE BOKOR RUPPEL& BURNS L.L.P., and DAVID MISCAVIGEDefendants. ______________________________________/
PLAINTIFFS’ VERIFIED
AMENDED
MOTION FOR EMERGENCY PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
AND
MEMORANDUM OF LAW
Pursuant to Rule 65,
Fed. R. Civ. P
., and Local Rule 4.06, and the newly filed First AmendedComplaint, [Dkt 24], Plaintiffs seek issuance of a preliminary injunction in this 42 U.S.C.§1983,§1985, and §1986 case against all Defendants, including their employees, agents, attorneys, and all persons and entities in active concert and participation with Defendants: To prohibit Defendants, acting under color of state law, from proceeding to anyhearing, including the one scheduled on November 26, 2012, before the state court,and any hearing or filing any pleading in state court against Plaintiffs to obtain anyfurther state order and/or state judgment against Plaintiffs, or to execute on any statecourt judgment, until this court has addressed the Defendants’ violations of 42U.S.C.§1983, as alleged in the Amended Complaint filed herein, including anyappeal thereof.
FACTS
Plaintiffs enjoy rights under the U.S. Constitution of freedom of association, freedom of speech, liberty and property interest in their employment and livelihood, and due process under theFifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. State action, by use of the state court system and state judges, cannot be employed by Defendants to deprive Plaintiffs of these rights while Plaintiffs are
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