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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ARIK WILLIAMS, No. 2:25-cv-787 DAD-SCR Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND AMENDED FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se in this matter and filed a motion for a temporary restraining order (“TRO”), ECF No. 2, which the District Judge referred to the undersigned for issuance of findings and recommendations. ECF No. 5. Plaintiff alleges that California Highway Patrol (“CHP”) Officer Brett Wade stopped him for driving a vehicle without license plates and then impounded said vehicle. Plaintiff argues that the stop and impoundment violate his constitutional right to travel and his Fourth Amendment right to be secure against unreasonable seizures. His TRO motion seeks an ex parte hearing on the matter and an order requiring the immediate return of his vehicle, among other relief. On March 20, 2025, the undersigned recommended that Plaintiff’s TRO motion be denied for…