Goods
Goods v. Bakersfield Police Department
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHARLES FRANCIS GOODS, No. 1:19-cv-00663-DAD-JLT Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT, (Doc. No. 11) 15 Defendant.
17 On May 5, 2019, plaintiff Charles Francis Goods, proceeding pro se, filed a complaint alleging that the Bakersfield Police Department and an unidentified police officer are liable for a violation of the First Amendment and a “threat to safety.” (Doc. No. 1.) On September 5, 2019, four months after his complaint in this action was filed, plaintiff filed a motion for a temporary restraining order prohibiting the Bakersfield Police Department from harassing him. (Doc. No. 11.) For the reasons set forth below, plaintiff’s motion will be denied. The standard for issuing a temporary restraining order is “substantially identical” to the standard for issuing a preliminary injunction. See Stuhlbarg Int’l Sales Co. v. John D. Brush & 26 The court…