No Preliminary Injunctions Against Libel
From Judge Daniel D. Domenico (D. Colo.) a week ago in Banks v. Jackson:
Plaintiff Rose Banks, who is the pastor of Plaintiff Colorado Springs Fellowship Church, and her two sons, Plaintiffs Lamont and David Banks, allege that one of the former parishioners of their church, Defendant Terrelle Jackson, has been defaming them on the internet. Plaintiffs thus filed this suit for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and outrageous conduct. Currently before the court is Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65. Plaintiffs ask the court to enjoin Mr. Jackson “from posting or disseminating any further statements, comments or otherwise publishing any remarks or observations regarding the named Plaintiffs herein.”
Under the Plaintiffs’ requested injunction, the court would prohibit Mr. Jackson from speaking, writing, or publishing regarding the Plaintiffs
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