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U.S. COURT OF APPEAL S

EL EVENTH CI RCUI T AUGUST 28, 2009

THOMAS K. KAH

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CL ERK [ D O N O T P U B L I S H ]

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f o r t h e N o r t h e r n D i s t r i c t o f G e o r g i a

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B e f o r e C A R N E S

, W I L S O N a n d H I L L

, C i r c u i t J u d g e s

.P E R C U R I A M :

T h i s a p p e a l i n v o l v e s c l a i m s b r o u g h t u n d e r t h e F i r s t A m e n d m e n t a n d f r e e

s p e e c h p r o v i s i o n s o f t h e G e o r g i a C o n s t i t u t i o n b y P r i m a t e F r e e d o m P r o j e c t

, I n c

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( P F P ) a g a i n s t T h e R e g e n t s o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a ( R e g e n t s )

, t w e n t y

- s i x

i n d i v i d u a l s w h o h a v e b e e n s u e d i n t h e i r i n d i v i d u a l a n d o f f i c i a l c a p a c i t i e s

. P F P i s a

G e o r g i a n o n

- p r o f

i t c o r p o r a t i o n

. I t d e s c r i b e s i t s e l f p r i m a r i l y a s a n i n f o r m a t i o n a l

g r o u p , w h o s e s u p p o r t e r s r e l y u p o n i t t o p r o v i d e i n f o r m a t i o n o n p r i m a t e t e s t i n g

.

T h e r e e x i s t s a s e p a r a t e e n t i t y i n C a l i f o r n i a w i t h a s i m i l a r n a m e , U C L A

P r i m a t e F r e e d o m ( U C L A P F )

. R e g e n t s a n d U C L A P F a r e a d v e r s a r i e s i n a s t a t e

c o u r t a c t i o n i n C a l i f

o r n i a

. P F P i s n o t a p a r t y t o t h a t a c t i o n

. P F P h a s n o f o r m a l 1

r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h U C L A P F

. 2

A s k i n g f o r d e c l a r a t o r y a n d i n

j u n c t i v e r e l i e f

, a s w e l l a s n o m i n a l a n d a c t u a l

d a m a g e s , P F P c l a i m s t h a t i t s c o n s t i t u t i o n a l r i g h t s h a v e b e e n v i o l a t e d b y c e r t a i n

n o t i c e s s e n t b y R e g e n t s t o U C L A P F

, y e t r e c e i v e d b y P F P

. P F P c l a i m s t h a t i t h a s

r e c e i v e d e x t e n s i v e c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , i n c l u d i n g l e t t e r s , e m a i l s a n d v o i c e m a i l s ,

As a re sult of the action filed by Reg ents in California state c ourt ag ainst UCL A PF, a 1

temporar y restra ining or der issued ba sed upon continued ha rassment a

nd threa ts of serious bodily injury direc ted at employ ees of Reg ents, from individuals and extremist org anizations opposing a

nimal resea

rch. I ndeed, “ Molotov Cocktails” were ignited a t Reg ents employ ees’

homes.

Whil e PFP and UCL A PF ar e unre lated entities, PFP does publicize and allows posting s

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on its website of UCL A PF’s a ctivities.

2a s s e r t i n g t h a t U C L A P F h a s v i o l a t e d c e r t a i n o f t h e i n j u n c t i v e o r d e r s i s s u e d b y t h e

C a l i f o r n i a s t a t e c o u r t

. A s a r e s u l t o f t h e s e a l l e g e d v i o l a t i o n s , s u i t w a s f i l e d b y 3

P F P i n f e d e r a l d i s t r i c t c o u r t i n G e o r g i a a g a i n s t R e g e n t s

.

I n i t s o r d e r , t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t f o u n d t h a t P F P l a c k e d s t a n d i n g t o b r i n g s u i t

a g a i n s t R e g e n t s i n f

e d e r a l c o u r t a s t h e a l l e g a t i o n s i n P F P ’ s c o m p l a i n t d i d n o t

s a t i s f y t h e r e q u i r e m e n t o f a n i n j u r y i n f a c t

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c l e a r f r o m t h e f a c e o f t h e c o m p l a i n t t h a t n e i t h e r P F P n o r J e a n B a r n e s i s a p a r t y t o

t h e C a l i f o r n i a s t a t e a c t i o n a n d h a s n o f o r m a l r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h U C L A P F

. T h e

d i s t r i c t c o u r t d i s m i s s e d t h e c o m p l a i n t

. W e a g r e e

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H a v i n g c o n s i d e r e d t h e b r i e f s o f t h e p a r t i e s , a r g u m e n t s o f c o u n s e l

, a n d t h e

r e c o r d o n a p p e a l

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, t h o r o u g h o r d e r o f t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t

d a t e d J a n u a r y 5

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, g r a n t i n g R e g e n t s ’ m o t i o n t o d i s m i s s P F P ’ s c o m p l a i n t o n t h e

b a s i s t h a t P F P h a d n o s t a n d i n g t o b r i n g s u i t

. T h e j u d g m e n t o f t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t i s

a f f i r m e d

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A F F I R M E D

.

J ean B arne s, the reg istered a g ent listed as the re g istered a ddress for PFP, rec eived these 3 communications appa

rently beca use Reg ents was una

ble cor rec tly to locate or

identify the

proper contac t information for UCL A PF.

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