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Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology,comp.org.eff.talk,alt.wired
Subject: UNSEALED !
From: alerma@dgs.dgsys.com (Arnaldo Lerma)
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 22:54:18 GMT

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT   FILED OCT 15 1996
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA 
Alexandria Division 

RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY CENTER, 

Plaintiff, 	v.						Civil
Action No. 95-1107-A 

ARNALDO PAGLIARINI LERMA, 
Defendant.

ORDER

	Plaintiff’s Ex Parte Motion to Strike or Sea Specified
Portions of the Court’s Opinion, asks the Court to redact three 
sentences from the Memorandum Opinion issued October 4, 1996.
Plaintiff argues that the three sentences are irrelevant to the
Court’s conclusions, improperly reveal “trade secrets” and
mischaracterize the tenets of Scientology beliefs.  Because the
Court was unavailable to review this motion on October 8. 1996,
another judge, who was covering her cases, entered an ex parte
Order sealing the Opinion and directing the parties not to
disseminate the Opinion until further order.  That Order has had
the effect of prohibiting the pro se defendant Lerma from showing
the Opinion to prospective counsel.
	Because the Court does not find that the three sentences at 
issue reveal any trade secrets and because the Court does not
intend to rewrite its opinions merely because portions do not
satisfy one side, RTC’s Motion is DENIED and it is hereby
	ORDERED that the Order of October 8,1996, be and is VACATED,
and it is further ORDERED that the Memorandum Opinion of October 4,
1996
be and is UNSEALED.
	The Clerk is directed to forward copies of this Order to
counsel of record and to defendant, pro-se.
	Entered this 15th day of October, 1996

			Leonie M Brinkema
			United States District Judge


Alexandria, Virginia