UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

G. THOMAS PORTEOUS, JR., United ) States District Judge for the Eastern ) District of Louisiana, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Case No. 09-2131 (RJL) ) ALAN I. BARON, Special Counsel, ) Impeachment Task Force, Committee on ) the Judiciary, United States House of ) Representatives, et al., ) ) Defendants. )

ORDER

For the reasons set forth in the Memorandum Opinion entered this 2. ~ of day August, 2010, it is hereby

ORDERED that the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [#7] is GRANTED; it is further

ORDERED that PlaintiffG. Thomas Porteous, Jr.'s Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction [#2] is DENIED; and it is further

ORDERED that the case is DISMISSED for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

SO ORDERED.