From:  Diane Riley

The following article appeared in the Press Telegram National Digest Section
(Long Beach, California)-Saturday, October 9, 1993:

"Appeals court won't suspend ruling on gays" - SAN FRANCISCO

"A federal appeals court on Friday left in place a judge's order banning
discrimination against gays in the military, rejecting the Clinton
administration's request for an emergency stay.

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a
unanimous order denying the Defense Department's requests to either
suspend or immediately overrule the Sept. 30 decision by U.S. District
Judge Terry Hatter Jr. of Los Angeles.

Earlier Friday, Defense Department General Counsel Jamie Gorelick said
the Pentagon would appeal directly to the Supreme Court if it encountered
any significant delay in the appeals court."