(PS) Alcala v. Butte County Social Services

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JESSE ALCALA, et al., CASE NO: 2:19-cv-00969-KJM-CKD (PS)

Plaintiffs, v. THERESA MURPHY, et al., Defendants. 16 CASE NO: 2:19-cv-00970-KJM-KJN (PS) 17 JESSE ALCALA, et al., 18 Plaintiffs FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS v. (ECF No. 14)

BUTTE COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES,

et al., Defendants. 23 Presently before the court is plaintiffs’ “emergency motion for a preliminary injunction” that seeks to “stop future proceedings and hearings” in Sutter County. (ECF No. 14.) Through their motion plaintiffs are attempting to prevent their child from being adopted. /// /// BACKGROUND Plaintiffs allege that defendants violated their rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments when they removed plaintiffs’ child without a warrant and conducted a blood draw without consent. (ECF No. 12 at 4-6.) In their second amended complaint, plaintiffs name three Butte County…