ZIEPER v. RENO

No. Civ.99-5980(DRD).

111 F.Supp.2d 484 (2000)

Michael ZIEPER, Mark Wieger, and Becamation, Plaintiffs, v. Janet RENO, in her official capacity as Attorney General of the United States, Louis Freeh, in his official capacity as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mary Jo White, in her official capacity as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Joseph Metzinger, individually and in his official capacity as Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Lisa Korologos, individually and in her official capacity as Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

As Amended August 14, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lenora Lapidus, John C. Salyer, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, Newark, New Jersey, Ann Beeson, Christopher A. Hansen, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Robert J. Cleary, United States Attorney, by Michael A. Chagares, Assistant United States Attorney, Newark, New Jersey, Mary Hampton Mason, Torts Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.


OPINION

DEBEVOISE, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiffs filed this civil rights action against the above-named government defendants, alleging violations of their First and Fifth Amendment rights to freedom of speech and procedural and substantive due process. Plaintiffs seek damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief. Four motions are presently pending before the Court.

Alleging an ongoing violation of their rights, plaintiffs moved...

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