U.S. v. SCOTT

No. 98-6087.

187 F.3d 282 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America and State of Connecticut, as parens patriae, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellees, v. Stanley G. SCOTT, Defendant-Appellant, Carmen E.F. Vazquez, Defendant-Counter-Claimant, Bobby J. Riley, Defendant, Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund, Amicus Curiae, Summit Women's Center, Movant, Hartford Courant Company, Inc. and Mark Pazniokas, Interested Parties.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley G. Scott, Fairfield, CT, Pro Se.

Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General for the State of Connecticut, Hartford, CT (Jennifer C. Jaff, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee State of Connecticut.

Sharon E. Jaffe, Assistant United States Attorney, Bridgeport, CT (Stephen C. Robinson, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut) for Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee United States of America.

Lucinda M. Finley, Buffalo, NY, for Amicus Curiae Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund.

Before: LEVAL, POOLER, and HEANEY Circuit Judges.


POOLER, Circuit Judge:

The district court found that defendant Stanley G. Scott's actions during anti-abortion protests and demonstrations outside Summit Women's Center ("Summit") in Bridgeport, Connecticut, violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act ("FACE"), 18 U.S.C. § 248. As a result of his violations, the court enjoined Scott from demonstrating within fourteen feet of Summit's entrance and from positioning himself within five feet of persons...

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