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Document typeTemporary restraining order
DateMay 28, 2026
SourceUtah Fourth Judicial District Court
People / entitiesBricks & Minifigs; Benjamin Paul Schneider / Reckless Ben
Pages7 pages
Original fileBricks-and-Minifigs-v-Benjamin-Paul-Schneider-Reckless-Ben-Utah-Case-260402353-Temporary-Restraining-Order-TRO.pdf
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The Order of the Court is stated below:
Dated: May 28, 2026 /s/ TONY F GRAF JR
05:25:31 PM District Court Judge
Wm. Kelly Nash (4888)
[email redacted]
Justin T. Rich (18519)
[email redacted]
Mina S. Ghobrial (20214)
[email redacted]
DENTONS DURHAM JONES PINEGAR, P.C.
1557 W. Innovation Way, Ste. 400
Lehi, Utah 84043
Telephone [phone redacted]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
IN THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR
UTAH COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH
Bricks & Minifigs FRANCHISING, INC., a Delaware TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
corporation; AMMON MCNEFF, an AND NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY
individual; MATTHEW MCNEFF, an INJUNCTION HEARING
individual; JOSH JOHNSON, an individual;
BRANDON BEST, an individual; BAKER
BRICKS, LLC, a Utah limited liability (Tier 3)
company, and dba SALEM-BAKER BRICKS
INC., an Oregon corporation,
Case No.: 260402353
Plaintiffs,
Judge: Tony F. Graf, Jr.
vs.
BENJAMIN PAUL SCHNEIDER, an
individual, dba and aka “RECKLESS BEN”;
RECKLESS BEN LLC, a California limited
liability company; BRYAN MANSELL, an
individual; VICTOR NGUYEN, an individual;
and DOES 1-15,
Defendants.
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This matter came for hearing before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Ex Parte Motion for
Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction (“Motion”). Having considered all
evidence, together with the verified pleadings and the requests set forth in the Motion, and
finding good cause, the Court hereby grants the Motion and enters this Temporary Restraining
Order and makes the following findings:
1. Plaintiffs are suffering and will continue to suffer immediate and irreparable
injury before this action can be fully heard, as set forth in the Verified Complaint and Motion,
including, inter alia, loss of business, loss of good will, loss of existing and future relationships
with customers and franchisees, and injury to Plaintiffs and persons involved, unless this
Temporary Restraining Order is issued, which injuries cannot be adequately compensated with
money. Beginning in early 2025 and continuing to date, co-Defendants engaged in a campaign of
extortion, harassment, defamation, nuisance, interference, trespassing, stalking and intimidation
targeting Plaintiffs and their businesses and affiliates. Co-Defendants organized and created an
“enterprise” for the common purpose of conducting a pattern of unlawful activity, including the
publication of false, defamatory and disparaging images, content and statements, including the
Publications (as such term is defined in Plaintiffs’ Verified Complaint) and other misconduct as
alleged in the Verified Complaint.
2. Plaintiffs’ threatened injury and damages outweigh any injury or damages to co-
Defendants.
3. The granting of the Motion is not contrary to the public interest between private
parties, and the public interest is served when extortion, harassment, defamation, nuisance,
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