AGREED PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

ANNA J. BROWN, District Judge.

On April 25, 2017, Plaintiff Mats Järlström filed a civil-rights complaint [ECF 1] in the above-styled matter against the members of the Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying (Board) in their official capacities. Järlström's complaint asserts that Oregon's Professional Engineer Registration Act, Or. Rev. Stat.§ 672.002 et seq., and implementing regulations violate the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution both as-applied and on their face by preventing him from (1) communicating publicly and privately about theories relating to the mathematics behind traffic lights, and (2) describing himself using the word "engineer."

Rather than litigating a motion for preliminary injunction, the Board agrees not to enforce the Professional Engineer Registration Act, Or. Rev. Stat. § 672.002 et seq., or any implementing regulations against Plaintiff Järlström during the pendency of this litigation for engaging in any of the speech described below.

Accordingly, and the Court being sufficiently advised, it is hereby ORDERED as follows:

1. Plaintiff Järlström may study, communicate publicly about, and communicate privately about his theories relating to traffic lights throughout the pendency of this litigation as long as Plaintiff Järlström's communications occur outside the context of a paid employment or contractual relationship relating to the timing of traffic lights with a governmental or other entity that changes or implements or has final approval to change or implement traffic-light timing without the review and acceptance of responsibility by an Oregon-licensed professional engineer.

2. Plaintiff Järlström may describe himself publicly and privately nsing the word "engineer" throughout the pendency of this litigation.

3. The Board shall not enforce the Professional Engineer Registration Act, Or. Rev. Stat. § 672.002 et seq., or any implementing regulations against Plaintiff Järlström during the pendency of this litigation for having engaged in the activities described in Paragraph 1 or Paragraph 2 above.

4. The Board shall not enforce the Professional Engineer Registration Act, Or. Rev. Stat. § 672.002 et seq., or any implementing regulations against Plaintiff Järlström at any time— during or after this litigation—for having engaged in activities described in Paragraph 1 or Paragraph 2 above during the pendency of this litigation.

5. The bond requirement set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65 is waived.