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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:501 Copyright Infringement

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Roderick Rickert, et. al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

Kurt Francis, et. al., 

Defendants.

No. CV13-02326-PHX-DGC

ORDER 

 Plaintiffs have filed an application for a temporary restraining order (“TRO”). 

Doc. 2. On November 20, 2013, the Court held a hearing on the application. Doc. 20. 

Defendant John Kawakami appeared by telephone. 

 During the hearing, Plaintiffs relied on the verified complaint to support various 

factual assertions. When the Court noted that the verification attached to the complaint 

was not signed (Doc. 1 at 11), Plaintiffs’ counsel Michael G. Tafoya stated that he had 

the signed verification in his possession and would file it. The Court directed Mr. Tafoya 

to file the signed verification with a notice of filing, and stated that an order on the TRO 

application would be issued once the signed verification was filed. 

 Mr. Tafoya has never filed the signed verification. The Court’s Judicial Assistant 

has called Mr. Tafoya’s office several times to ask if the verification would be filed. The 

Judicial Assistant has reminded Mr. Tafoya that the order on the TRO application would 

not be filed until the verification was filed, but it has never happened. 

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 In the absence of a signed verification, Plaintiffs have not provided sufficient 

evidence to support a TRO. As a result, the application for a TRO will be denied. 

 Mr. Tafoya is ordered to provide a copy of this order to his clients. 

IT IS ORDERED that the application for a TRO (Doc. 2) is denied. 

 Dated this 26th day of February, 2014. 

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