Case: 12-57302, 05/18/2015, ID: 9540348, DktEntry: 197-1, Page 2 of 42
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GARCIA V. GOOGLE
Argued and Submitted En Banc
December 15, 2014—Pasadena California
Filed May 18, 2015
Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Alex
Kozinski, M. Margaret McKeown, Marsha S. Berzon,
Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Richard R. Clifton, Consuelo M.
Callahan, N. Randy Smith, Mary H. Murguia, Morgan
Christen and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge McKeown;
Concurrence by Judge Watford;
Dissent by Judge Kozinski
SUMMARY*
Copyright / Preliminary Injunction
The en banc court affirmed the district court’s denial of
Cindy Lee Garcia’s motion for a preliminary injunction
requiring Google, Inc., to remove the film Innocence of
Muslims from all of its platforms, including YouTube.
A movie producer transformed Garcia’s five-second
acting performance for a film titled Desert Warrior into part
of a blasphemous video proclamation against the Prophet
Mohammed. Innocence of Muslims was credited as a source
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This summary constitutes no part of the opinion of the court. It has
been prepared by court staff for the convenience of the reader.