Perdue

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 UNITED FARM WORKERS, et al., No. 1:20-cv-01452-DAD-JLT Plaintiffs, v. ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO MODIFY AND DISSOLVE

SONNY PERDUE, et al., THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

Defendants. (Doc. No. 36)

17 This matter is before the court on defendants Sonny Perdue, the Secretary of Agriculture; William Northey, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation; and USDA’s (collectively, “defendants”) motion to modify and dissolve the court’s October 28, 2020 temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction. (Doc. Nos. 33, 36.) Pursuant to General Order No. 617 addressing the public health emergency posed by the coronavirus pandemic, on November 20, 2020, the court took this matter under submission to be decided on the papers, without holding a hearing. The court has considered the parties’ briefs and, for the reasons set forth…