The order prohibits the NMCG, as well as its leaders and members, from “organizing and operating in public as part of a military unit independent of New Mexico’s civil authority and without having been activated by the Governor of New Mexico.”

It also bars the organization and its members from “assuming law-enforcement functions by using or projecting the ability to use organized force at protests, demonstrations, or public gatherings.”

The ruling comes after Bryce Provance, who claims to be the founder of the NMCG, refused to answer questions during a deposition. According to Torrez, Provance refused to identify himself or answer basic questions, such as confirm his name. He also brought hand-drawn images to the deposition that Torrez described as “threatening and indecent.”

“Provance also brought hand-drawn images to the deposition that were both threatening and indecent,” Torrez said. According to Albuquerque CBS affiliate KRQE, the drawing “included stick figures performing a sex act and a devil presiding over stick figures with the words ‘Georgetown Law.’