Prado

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 YESICA PRADO, et al., Case No. 23-cv-04537-EMC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’

v. MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY

INJUNCTION

CITY OF BERKELEY, Docket No. 2 Defendant.

12 13 Plaintiffs are four individuals: Yesica Prado, Lucian Jeffords, Erin Spencer, and Angel Kennett. Plaintiffs are currently unhoused and reside in or use an encampment located in Defendant the City of Berkeley – specifically, the encampment located in the area of 8th Street and Harrison Street. Plaintiffs filed suit over the Labor Day weekend after the City issued a notice indicating that there would be an emergency abatement of at least part of the encampment. This Court issued a temporary restraining order enjoining the City from taking action through September 27, 2023, i.e., the date of the hearing on Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction. Plaintiffs now ask for a preliminary injunction to “restrain[] [the City] from displacing the residents of…