UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

MARY HUDDLE, et. al.,
            Plaintiffs,

          v.                     Civil Action No. 88-3130 
                                 Judge Joyce Hens Green
RONALD WILSON REAGAN, et. al.,
             Defendants.

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

Upon consideration of plaintiffs' Motion For Preliminary Injunction, defendants' opposition thereto, and the entire record of this case, it is, this ___ day of March, 1991 hereby ORDERED that:

1. defendants are preliminarily enjoined from again seizing or removing from Lafayette Park the same signs which were seized from plaintiff intervenor Karin Love Cartwright on February 2, 1991, and February 11, 1991;

it is further ORDERED that:

2. defendants are preliminarily enjoined from again seizing or removing from Lafayette Park the same sign which was seized from plaintiff Song on January 26, 1991; and

It is further ORDERED that:

3. defendants are preliminarily enjoined from again seizing or removing from Lafayette Park the same signs and literature -or comparable literature -- which were seized from plaintiffs Concepcion Picciotto and William Thomas on February 2, 1991; and

it is further ORDERED that:

4. defendants are preliminarily enjoined from again seizing or removing from Lafayette Park the same signs and literature -or comparable literature =- which were seized from plaintiffs Ellen and William Thomas on February 3, 1991; and

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it is further ORDERED that:

5. defendants are preliminarily enjoined from again seizing or removing from Lafayette Park the literature of all plaintiffs.

it is further ORDERED:

6. that the Park Police and other Government agents are preliminarily enjoined to the following definitions in administering the aforesaid regulations:

a) "Camping" does not mean "casual sleep" (SEE 36 CFR 7.96 (i)(2), compare Federal Register, June 4, 1982, Vol. 47, No. 108, p. 24301).

b) "Casual sleep" means "sleep" (i.e. "resting, meditating or napping") which occurs without resulting in demonstrable damage to park lands, and shall not constitute probable cause under 36 CFR 9.76(i)(1),

c) "Impacts which the area cannot sustain" means impacts which demonstrably exceed those of similar activities engaged in by other private parties or the Government.

d) "Property" does not include signs, literature, literature trays, sound amplification, video equipment, musical instruments, or a reasonable number of tools required for the maintenance or protection of the foregoing. Nor does it include protective plastic, rainwear, and other items necessary to protect plaintiffs' persons from the elements during their demonstration, or the other items listed on the permit application published at "Thomas v. United States, 696 F Supp. 702, 712.

it is further ORDERED:

7. defendants are preliminarily enjoined from seizing

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plaintiffs' property as "abandoned" without making good faith efforts to determine whether -- as required by 36 C.F.R. 1.4(A) -- any person claiming interest in the property has any intent to retain possession of that property.

it is further ORDERED that:

8. defendants are preliminarily enjoined from enforcing 36 CFR 2.12 against plaintiffs' drums in Lafayette Park.

it is finally ORDERED that:

9. defendants are restrained from detaining plaintiffs or taking their persons into custody under any pretense relating to alleged violations of 36 C F. R. in any case where such alleged violations would be fully addressed by the issuance of a C.F.R Violation Notice.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

COPIES OF THIS ORDER SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO:

AUSA Jay Stevens
Judiciary Square
555 4th Street N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20001

William Thomas, pro se
2817 11th Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001,

Concepcion Picciotto
P.O. Box 4931
Washington, D.C 20008