Blount

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 ALIVIA BLOUNT, Case No. 25-cv-10852-CRB

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

v.

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION;

DISMISSING CASE

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, et al., 12 Defendants. 13 Plaintiff Alivia Blount brought an action against Defendants Contra Costa County, 14 the Contra Costa County Superior Court, and Judge Gina Dashman (collectively, 15 “Defendants”) seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to intercede in an ongoing state 16 court action for custody and visitation. See Compl. (dkt. 1). Blount filed a motion for a 17 restraining order and preliminary injunction asking this Court to compel the state court to 18 hear and prioritize her motions, to suspend child support, to order restitution of all child 19 support since January 2023, to consider purportedly new evidence, and also to declare that 20 the state court’s vexatious litigant designation was improper. Mot. (dkt. 5) at 4–5. 21 Defendants argue that the case should be dismissed on abstention grounds. Opp’n at…