Last word (hopefully) on D Boggs

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

For those that are interested IAHA has posted a release at their web
site regarding yesterdays hearing.
 http://www.iaha.com/stuff_restraining.htm

 Here is the release:

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
 OCTOBER 21, 1999

 Contact: Barbara Burck  (303) 696-4500

 AURORA, Colo.--On Sept. 8, the Ethical Practices Review Board (EPRB)
of  the International Arabian Horse Association
 (IAHA) issued its decision suspending David C. Boggs for a period of
five years beginning Sept. 15, followed by a five-year
 probationary period.

 On Oct. 1, Boggs filed suit against IAHA and simultaneously filed a
motion with the court seeking a temporary restraining order
 to prevent the suspension from being enforced. The primary thrust of
this motion was Boggs' request that the court order IAHA
 to permit him to participate in the U.S. National Arabian and
Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show, starting Oct. 22 in
 Albuquerque, N.M.

 Following a half-day hearing Oct. 19, the Arapahoe County District
Court  in Colorado denied Boggs' motion and refused to
 enter any order interfering with his suspension. The Court ruled that
Boggs failed to establish any reasonable likelihood of
 prevailing on the merits of his complaint against IAHA or that he
would  be irreparably injured by the suspension during the
 pendency of the lawsuit. The Court further found that IAHA would be
injured if the Court interfered with the suspension and
 IAHA's internal disciplinary process.

 The Court commended IAHA for being serious about enforcement of its
ethical rules and commented that IAHA and the
 EPRB had "bent over backwards" to ensure that Boggs had a full and fair
hearing on the charges against him.

 While IAHA is very gratified by the Court's decision, it was not a
final resolution of the lawsuit, which will still have to be
 defended to conclusion.

 The combined effect of the EPRB's decision and the Court's denial of
Boggs' motion is that Boggs is a suspended member of
 IAHA. The suspension is of Boggs, individually, and means he cannot
personally attend or participate in any and all IAHA
 events, including the 1999 U.S. Nationals in Albuquerque.

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