Phillips
(HC) Martin v. Phillips
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DUMITRU MARTIN, No. 2:25-cv-00687-DJC-AC 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER
ARINDA PHILLIPS, ET AL.,
15 Defendants. 16 17 On March 7, 2025, this Court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO (ECF No. 14)) ordering the release of Petitioner Dumitru Martin to prerelease custody. Prior to issuing the temporary restraining order, the Court received briefing from both parties and held a hearing on the matter. In the Order, the Court required the parties to meet and confer as to whether further evidence or briefing need be presented or whether the Court may adopt the temporary restraining order as a preliminary injunction pending final adjudication on the merits. The parties stipulated that no further briefing on the temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction was warranted. (ECF No. 16.) “A preliminary injunction is an extraordinary remedy never awarded as of right.” Winter v. Natural Res. Def. Council, 555 U.S. 7, 24 (2008). A plaintiff seeking a 1 …