(PS) Alcala v. Murphy

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

Plaintiffs,

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

v. (ECF No. 14) THERESA MURPHY, et al., Defendants. 16 17 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. The court held a hearing on plaintiffs’ motion on November 27, 2019. Plaintiffs, proceeding pro se, appeared at the hearing. It appears that defendants have not yet been properly served, but in any event no one on defendants’ behalf appeared at the hearing. 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,…