State of California v. Phillip Del Rosa, et al.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 State of California, No. 2:23-cv-0743-KJM-SCR 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 Vv. 14 Phillip Del Rosa, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 17 Defendants seek reconsideration of a prior court order finding defendant Darren Rose in 18 | contempt. As explained below, the court denies the motion. 19 | IT. BACKGROUND 20 California alleges Azuma Corporation (Azuma), a tribal corporation wholly owned by the 21 | federally recognized Alturas Indian Rancheria (the Tribe), distributes cigarettes to various 22 | retailers owned by other Indian tribes (Tribal Retailers) in violation of the PACT Act. See 23 | generally First Am. Compl., ECF No. 68. Finding California likely to succeed on the merits and 24 | balancing the hardships of an injunction and the public interest, the court imposed a preliminary 25 | injunction on September 8, 2023, enjoining defendant Darren Rose from completing or causing to 26 | be complete any delivery, or…