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Request for more time A
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 95-K-2143
RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY CENTER, a California non-profit corporation;
and BRIDGE PUBLICATIONS, INC., a California non-profit
corporation,
Plaintiffs,
V.
F.A.C.T.NET, INC., a Colorado corporation; LAWRENCE WOLLERSHEIM,
an individual; and ROBERT PENNY, an individual,
Defendants.
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DEFENDANTS' REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE OF MOTION OF
PLAINTIFF BRIDGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
AGAINST ALL DEFENDANTS FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
[Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(f)]
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COME NOW the defendants F.A.C.T.Net, Inc. and Lawrence
Wollersheim, by and through their counsel, BEEM & MANN, P.C., and
pursuant to Rule 56(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,
request this Court for orders to either (1) strike the renewed
summary judgment motion of Plaintiff Bridge Publications, Inc.;
or (2) a continuance of the motion for summary judgment filed by
plaintiff Bridge Publications, Inc., ("BPI"), and as grounds
therefore, state as follows:
This Request is made pursuant to Rule 56(f) of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure on the grounds that further discovery is
vital to Defendants' Opposition to BPI's Motion. Specifically,
Defendants need a continuance in order to pursue further
discovery with respect to, at the very least, the following:
1. when and whether the various works at issue were
published;
2. the identity of the author(s) of the various works
at issue;
3. the circumstances and procedures surrounding the
purported copyrighting of any of the various works at issue;
4. the circumstances surrounding the assignment and
transfers of rights and claims by any and all persons in
connection with any of the various works at issue, including
L. Ron Hubbard's purported assignment of the works at issue;
5. BPI's previous release of Defendants from the
conduct alleged in BPI's Motion;
6. the actual number of the various works at issue;
7. how the allegedly infringing works were uploaded
on to Defendants' Bulletin Board in the first place; and
8. the fact of and extent of, revisions being made to
any of the various works it issue.
Further discovery on these issues is likely to establish
controverting evidence as to material facts contained in BPI's
motion. Moreover, Defendants have not been able to discover this
information previously, despite Defendants' best efforts.
Finally, this request is not made for purposes of delay, will not
prejudice any party herein and will serve to further the
interests of justice.
This request is based upon this notice, the attached
Memorandum of Points & Authorities, the concurrently filed
Declarations of Graham E. Berry and exhibits thereto, Lawrence D.
Wollersheim, Patricia Fisher and Vaughn Young, the concurrently
filed Motion to Amend the Scheduling Order herein and to compel
the deposition of David Miscavige and Memorandum of Points and
Authorities in Support Thereof, the concurrently filed copy of Ex
Parte Petition to Stay Proceedings [in the L. Ron Hubbard Probate
Case], Supporting Declaration of Graham E. Berry and exhibits
thereto, all pleadings and papers on file in this action, and
upon such matters as properly may be presented to the Court on
this request.
BEEM & MANN, P.C.
By____________________________
Clifford L. Beem, #917
Attorneys for Defendants -
F.A.C.T.Net, Inc. and
Lawrence Wollersheim
One Norwest Center - Suite 3901
1700 Lincoln Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
(303) 894-8100
MUSICK, PEELER & GARRETT, LLP
Graham E. Berry
Attorneys for Defendant
F.A.C.T.Net, Inc.
One Wilshire Boulevard
21st Floor
Los Angeles, California 90017
(213) 629-7700
HAGENBAUGH & MURPHY
Daniel A. Leipold
Attorneys for Defendant
701 S. Parker Street
Suite 8200
Orange, California 92668
(714) 835-5406
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