Perdue

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 UNITED FARM WORKERS, et al., No. 1:20-cv-01452-DAD-JLT 12 Plaintiffs, 13 v. ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION

FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING

14 SONNY PERDUE, et al., ORDER AND A PRELIMINARY

INJUNCTION

15 Defendants. (Doc. No. 3) 16

17 18 This matter came before the court on October 20, 2020 for a hearing on the motion for a 19 temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction on behalf of plaintiffs United Farm 20 Workers and UFW Foundation (collectively, “plaintiffs”). (Doc. No. 3.) Attorneys Mark 21 Selwyn, Rachel Jacobson, Gregory Lantier, Nicholas Werle, Bruce Goldstein, and Gabriela Hybel 22 appeared via video for plaintiffs, and United States Department of Justice Trial Attorney Michael 23 Gaffney appeared via video for defendants Sonny Perdue, the Secretary of Agriculture; William 24 Northey, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) Under Secretary for Farm 25 Production and Conservation; and USDA (collectively, “defendants”). For…