Dr. Sumayyah Al Nasser v. Shay Serdy

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United States District Court Central District of California

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1111 DR. SUMAYYAH AL-NASSER; Case No. 2:20-cv-03582-ODW (Ex)

SUMAYA 369, LLC,

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ORDER DENYING APPLICATION

1133 Plaintiffs, FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING 1144 v. ORDER AND PRELIMINARY

INJUNCTION [30]

1155 SHAY SERDY,

1166 Defendant. 1177 1188 I. INTRODUCTION 1199 Plaintiffs Dr. Sumayyah Al-Nasser and Sumaya 369, LLC (“Plaintiffs”) apply 2200 ex parte for a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) and preliminary injunction against 2211 Defendant Shay Serdy (“Serdy” or “Defendant”). (Ex Parte Appl. for TRO (“TRO”), 2222 ECF No. 30.) For the reasons below, the Court DENIES Plaintiffs’ application. 2233 II. BACKGROUND 2244 Dr. Sumayyah Al-Nasser (“Al-Nasser”), “an internationally recognized life and 2255 career coach,” alleges that she hired Serdy in 2016 “to help her digitalize her . . . 2266 books, lectures and teachings for the purpose of creating an online [life coaching] 2277 business.” (First Am. Compl. (“FAC”) ¶¶ 2, 4, ECF No.…