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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1051 Trademark Infringement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PACIFIC LAW CENTER, a Professional

Law Corporation; and SOLOMON WARD

SEIDENWURM & SMITH, LLP,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 07cv0460-LAB (POR)

ORDER FOLLOWING STATUS

HEARING, PURGING CIVIL

CONTEMPT, AND SETTING

CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE

vs.

SHAHROK SAADAT-NEJAD, an

individual,

Defendant.

On July 25, 2007, the court convened a status hearing with respect to the civil

contempt incarceration of defendant Shahrok Saadat-Nejad ("Saadat-Nejad") for his

expressed intention prospectively to violate the April 27, 2007 Preliminary Injunction entered

in this matter. Saadat-Nejad had been ordered into custody at the conclusion of the

July 12, 2007 Order to Show Cause ("OSC") hearing on plaintiffs' Motion For Contempt. See

Dkt No. 43. Edward J. McIntyre, Esq. and Thomas Slattery, Esq. appeared on behalf of

plaintiffs. Saadat-Nejad appeared pro se. David Blair-Loy, Esq. appeared on behalf of

amicus curiae the American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego & Imperial Counties ("ACLU").

See Dkt No. 46. 

At the conclusion of another lengthy discussion on the record, Saadat-Nejad agreed

to comply with the Preliminary Injunction, repudiated paragraphs 4 and 5 of his response to

the OSC wherein he had announced his intention prospectively to continue doing what the

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Preliminary Injunction prohibited, and committed to take down his offending websites. The

court granted in principle plaintiffs' request for an Order directing the website hosts to

remove sites found to be in violation of the Preliminary Injunction in this case, conditioned

upon plaintiffs' providing the court with specific domain names isolated in such a fashion that

Saadat-Nejad's First Amendment right to express his personal opinions on blogs and the like

remain protected. 

For all the reasons recited on the record, and with plaintiffs' concurrence, the court

found Saadat-Nejad had changed his position with respect to his willingness going forward

to comply with the Preliminary Injunction, warranting the Order releasing him from custody,

as the civil contempt was thereby purged. The court admonished Saadat-Nejad to abide by

his representations he will comply with the Preliminary Injunction or else face the potential

for future contempt proceedings.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED the parties shall attend a Case Management Conference

on August 29, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. with Magistrate Judge Louisa S. Porter. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 25, 2007

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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