Berkeley Homeless Union v. City of Berkeley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BERKELEY HOMELESS UNION, et al., Case No. 25-cv-01414-HSG

Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

v. Re: Dkt. No. 6 CITY OF BERKELEY, et al., Defendants.

12 Pending before the Court is a motion for a temporary restraining order. Dkt. No. 6. The Court directed service on Defendants, Dkt. No. 10, and the City of Berkeley has since filed its opposition to the motion, Dkt. No. 11. Having considered the parties’ filings, the Court GRANTS the motion for a temporary restraining order until a hearing can be held on February 20, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65, a temporary restraining order may enjoin conduct pending a hearing on a preliminary injunction. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b). The standard for issuing a temporary restraining order and issuing a preliminary injunction are substantially identical. See Stuhlbarg Int’l Sales Co., Inc. v. John D. Brush & Co., 240 F.3d 832, 839, n.7 (9th Cir.…