 In February 1954 the United States Attorney for the District of Maine filed a 27 @-@ page complaint seeking a permanent injunction under Sections 301 and 302 of the Federal Food , Drug , and Cosmetic Act to prevent interstate shipment of orgone accumulators and to ban promotional literature . Reich refused to appear in court , arguing that no court was in a position to evaluate his work . In a letter to Judge John D. Clifford , Jr. in February , he wrote : 
