Counts

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TREVOR L. SMITH, No. 2:20-cv-02441-TLN-JDP Plaintiff, v. ORDER PAUL COUNTS; SCOTT BENNETT;

ERIC HOLMLUND; JASON BOYCE;

COUNT ON US LLC; and SMILING

LLAMA PRODUCTIONS LLC,

16 Defendants.

18 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Trevor L. Smith’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis and Ex Parte Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) against Defendants Paul Counts (“Counts”), Scott Bennett (“Bennett”), Eric Holmlund (“Holmlund”), Jason Boyce (“Boyce”), Count on Us LLC, and Smiling Llama Productions LLC (collectively, “Defendants”). (ECF Nos. 2–3.) For the reasons set forth below, both of Plaintiff’s motions are GRANTED. /// /// /// /// I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff seeks damages and injunctive relief for alleged copyright infringement arising from “the development, production, and post-production of a motion picture called Unbelievers . . . which was written,…