Genevieve Morrison v. Tuolumne County Sheriff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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9 GENEVIEVE MORRISON, Case No. 1:25-cv-01591-JLT-EPG-HC

10 Petitioner, ORDER REGARDING NEXT FRIEND

STANDING AND PROCEEDING WITH

11 v. ATTORNEY

12 TUOLUMNE COUNTY SHERIFF, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO MAIL GENEVIEVE MORRISON COPY

13 Respondent. OF THE PETITION AND TO MAIL

NICHOLAS MORRISON COPY OF ORDER

14 15 I. 16 BACKGROUND 17 On November 17, 2025, Nicholas Morrison filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus on 18 behalf of his wife, Genevieve Morrison, who is a state pretrial detainee currently housed at the 19 Tuolumne County Jail. (ECF No. 1.) On November 21, 2025, Mr. Morrison filed a motion for 20 temporary restraining order (“TRO”). (ECF No. 5.) That same day, the assigned district judge 21 denied the motion for TRO in a minute order, stating that: (1) “Mr. Morrison may not represent 22 his wife in this litigation”; (2) “Ms. Morrison has been held in ‘red classification’ for two 23 months, undercutting any claim that…