Chestnut

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARTHA R. M.,

Petitioner, No. 1:25-cv-01912-TLN-CKD

13 v. ORDER CHRISTOPHER CHESTNUT, et al., 15 Respondents.

17 On December 23, 2025, the Court granted Petitioner Martha R.M.’s (“Petitioner”) Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) and ordered Respondents to show cause why this Court should not convert the TRO into a preliminary injunction. (ECF No. 9.) On December 30, 2025, Respondents1 filed a response. (ECF No. 13.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court issues a preliminary injunction.

In a footnote, Respondents seek to “strike and dismiss all unlawfully named officials under § 2241.” (ECF No. 13 at 1 n.1.) The request, as made, is improper. If Respondents seek to 26 dismiss other respondents from this action, they must do so in a properly noticed motion. See Ortega v. Kaiser, No. 25-CV-05259-JST, 2025 WL 2243616, at *4 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 6, 2025) (“[A] request for court order must be made by motion. As a result, a request…