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Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a last minute “emergency” application by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) to avoid turning over the names of all the people with whom they shared NAF’s confidential information. CMP filed an emergency application to the Supreme Court after the Ninth Circuit affirmed yesterday that they must comply with previous district court orders and turn over the names as part of the discovery in the case. The district court has described CMP and David Daleiden’s conduct in litigation as a “shell game” and an effort on their part to “hide the ball.” Yesterday, the ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, July 31 2015 CONTACT: Alissa Manzoeillo, National Abortion Federation 202.667.5881, ext 219; 202.595.4395 (after hours/cell) amanzoeillo@prochoice.org Hayley Home, Morrison & Foerster LLP 415.268.6021; 916.402.2864 (cell) HHome@mofo.com   National Abortion Federation (NAF) files for Injunction Against the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) Attempting to stop an ongoing campaign of threats and harassment against health care providers, the National Abortion Federation filed suit today in federal court seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction which would prohibit the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), David Daleiden, and others from releasing recordings and materials they illegally obtained at NAF’s educational ...

Today, the Ninth Circuit ruled that the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) must turn over the names of all the people with whom they shared the National Abortion Federation’s (NAF) confidential information. CMP has thus far refused to identify those individuals despite repeatedly being ordered to do so by the district court, claiming they had a First Amendment “right of association” to refuse to disclose these individuals because they were “donors” and “critical supporters” of CMP’s “activities.”  The Ninth Circuit squarely rejected these arguments, and held that the individuals in question were “intimately involved in the planning and funding of ...

Today, U.S. District Judge James Donato denied the Center for Medical Progess’ (CMP) request to disqualify Judge William Orrick from continuing to preside over our case. CMP filed the motion to disqualify Orrick two years into our case—on the eve of a hearing to determine if CMP and David Daleiden should be held in contempt for the apparent violation of our Preliminary Injunction with the recent release of videos in May. “The defendants have tried many tactics to delay our case in the last two years, and this was nothing more than another attempt to stall and avoid contempt proceedings,” ...

Today, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted the National Abortion Federation (NAF) a preliminary injunction prohibiting Biomax Procurement Services LLC, the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), David Daleiden, and Troy Newman from releasing recordings and materials they illegally obtained at NAF’s educational meetings. The court specifically held there was no evidence of criminal activity by NAF members on the 504 hours of tapes, as the defendants had repeatedly and misleadingly claimed throughout the case. The practical effect of the court’s order is that the temporary restraining order (TRO) it issued last July when ...

Today, with our full support, our partners at Planned Parenthood filed a federal lawsuit against the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), BioMax Procurement Services, David Daleiden, Troy Newman, and others, seeking to hold them accountable at law for their dangerous smear campaign against providers of abortion care.  The National Abortion Federation (NAF) filed a lawsuit against CMP, Biomax, Daleiden, and Newman in July, and successfully sought and obtained a temporary restraining order (TRO) in order to protect the safety and security of our members, and to prevent the defendants from releasing confidential information they illegally obtained at NAF’s annual meetings. ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Alissa Manzoeillo, National Abortion Federation 202.667.5881, ext 219; 202.595.4395 (after hours/cell) amanzoeillo@prochoice.org Hayley Home, Morrison & Foerster LLP 415.268.6021; 916.402.2864 (cell) HHome@mofo.com Judge Rules CMP Must Turn Footage Over to NAF Before Congress Today, a district court judge ordered that David Daleidan must first turn over to NAF and to the Court any copies of materials he plans to provide in response to a Congressional subpoena.  Judge Orrick also held that Daleiden was barred from providing to Congress “any footage, documents, or communications that have not been specifically requested by subpoena.”  The Court also made very clear ...

Today, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California held the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), David Daleiden, and Daleiden’s criminal attorneys Steve Cooley and Brentford Ferreira in civil contempt for multiple violations of our Preliminary Injunction (PI). NAF’s Preliminary Injunction prohibits Daleiden and his co-conspirators from releasing any footage they illegally obtained at our meetings. Yet, Daleiden and his agents willfully violated our Preliminary Injunction by posting videos online in May. “Daleiden used his criminal attorneys to circumvent our court order,” said Vicki Saporta, NAF President and CEO. “This egregious and disturbing violation of our ...

Today, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s order granting NAF a preliminary injunction prohibiting Biomax Procurement Services LLC, the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), David Daleiden, and Troy Newman from releasing recordings and materials they illegally obtained at NAF’s educational meetings. “Today’s ruling helps protect the safety and security of our members,” said Vicki Saporta, NAF President and CEO. “There’s no denying that the smear campaign launched by the defendants has put abortion providers at risk, and we are grateful that the Ninth Circuit affirmed our preliminary injunction.” As we’ve known all along, David Daleiden and his co-conspirators are ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 25, 2015 CONTACT: Alissa Manzoeillo, National Abortion Federation 202.667.5881, ext 219; 202.595.4395 (after hours/cell) amanzoeillo@prochoice.org   Center for Medical Progress (CMP) Defendants Plan to Plead Fifth Amendment   In a discovery hearing Friday, counsel for defendants notified the court that all defendants, including the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) and Biomax, plan to plead the Fifth Amendment in response to the pending discovery requests in order to refrain from self-incrimination.The parties agreed in the hearing that the individuals who masqueraded as Biomax representatives, and are known only by alias identities will be bound by the ...