Youth Justice Coalition v. City of Los Angeles

Order GRANTING Plaintiff PeterArellano’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction

On October 31, .2016, Plaintiff Peter Ar-ellano filed a motion for a preliminary *1060 injunction “to stop police and prosecutors from enforcing against him a restrictive civil ‘gang injunction.’ ” Doc. No. 13 at 7. On December 16, 2016, Defendant City of Los Angeles (“the City”) filed an opposition to that motion. Doc. No. 40. On January 9, 2017, Plaintiff filed a reply. Doc. No. 59.

On January 27, 2017, this Court stayed proceedings to allow the Parties to resolve the matter via mediation. Doc. No. 69. On July 3, 2017, this Court lifted the stay after the Parties submitted a report informing the Court that they were unable to reach a settlement. Doc. No. 86.

The Court now considers the pending motion for a preliminary injunction. Having considered the papers filed in support of and in opposition to the motion, the Court GRANTS the motion.

I. Background

Over the past three decades, prosecutors in Southern California' have used public nuisance law to obtain civil injunctions prohibiting suspected gang members from participating in a variety of activities. Matthew. Mickle Werdegar, Note, Enjoining the…