Rajneesh Foundation International v. McGreer

Plaintiffs initiated this action, alleging that defendant had defamed them. Defendant counterclaimed, alleging that plaintiffs and Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Rajneesh) 1 defamed her in three respects and that they had conspired to violate her constitutional rights, giving her a right of action under 42 USC § 1985(3). After plaintiffs filed their answer to the counterclaim, Rajneesh disobeyed the court’s order to appear for a deposition, and the presiding judge of the Multnomah County Circuit Court ordered as sanctions that all of plaintiffs’ pleadings be stricken and that an order of default be…