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U.S. v Leonard Peltier (CR NO. C77-3003)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

LEONARD PELTIER,

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Yorie Von Kahl

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Plaintiffs,

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DOCKET

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UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION (USPC);

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CAMERON M. BATJER, COMMISSIONER USPC;

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ESTATE OF BENJAMIN F. BAER, COMMISSIONER USPC;

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ESTATE OF VICTOR M.F. RAEZ, COMMISSIONER USPC;

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CAROL PAVILACK GETTY, COMMISSIONER USPC;

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VINCENT J. FECHTEL, JR., COMMISSIONER USPC;

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ESTATE OF DANIEL LOPEZ, COMMISSIONER USPC;

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JASPER R. CLAY, JR., COMMISSIONER USPC;

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SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG, COMMISSIONER USPC;

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GEORGE MACKENZIE RAST, COMMISSIONER USPC;

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JOHN R. SIMPSON, COMMISSIONER USPC;

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EDWARD F. RIELLY, JR., COMMISSIONER USPC;

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MICHAEL J. GAINES, COMMISSIONER USPC;

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CRANSTON J. MITCHELL, COMMISSIONER USPC;

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EDWIN MEESE III, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL (USAG);

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RICHARD THORNBURGH, USAG;

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WILLIAN P. BARR, USAG;

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JANET RENO, USAG;

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JOHN ASHCROFT, USAG;

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UNITED STATES BUREAU OF PRISONS (BOP);

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J. MICHAEL QUINLAN, DIRECTOR OF BOP (DBOP);

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KATHLEEN M. HAWK SAWYER, DBOP;

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HARLEY G. LAPPIN, DBOP.

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Defendants.

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PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

AGAINST DEFENDANTS

UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION,

CHAIRMAN EDWARD F. REILLY, JR.

COMMISSIONER CRANSTON J. MITCHELL,

And COMMISSIONER DEBORAH A. SPAGNOLI,

DEPARTMENT OF THE U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL,

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ASHCROFT,

UNITED STATES BUREAU OF PRISONS

AND DIRECTOR HARLEY G. LAPPIN

            Plaintiffs Leonard Peltier and Yorie Von Kahl now move this Court for a preliminary injunction against the United States Parole Commission, Chairman Edward F. Reilly, Jr., Commissioner Cranston J. Mitchell, Commissioner Deborah A. Spagnoli, the Department of the U.S. Attorney General, United States Attorney General John Ashcroft, the United States Bureau of Prisons and Director Harley G. Lappin as follows:

Defendants are prohibited from applying Public Law 100-182, Section 2, enacted December 7,1987, and, through its equitable powers, this Court is enforcing the rights created by the original Section 235(b)(3), nunc pro tunc, and that Plaintiffs be granted bail pending final judgment.

As grounds therefore, Plaintiffs rely upon the Verified Complaint and brief filed herewith.

  Leonard Peltier and Yorie Von Kahl,
  By Their Attorneys,
   
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  Carl Nadler, Esquire
  Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe
  1666 K Street, Suite 300
  Washington, DC  20006
  (202) 912-2575
   
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  Barry A. Bachrach
  Bowditch & Dewey, LLP
  311 Main Street, P.O. Box 15156
  Worcester, MA  01615-0156
  (508) 926-3403
   
August ____, 2004  

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