S. M. v. Regents of The University of California

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United States District Court Central District of California

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1111 S.M. et al., Case No. 2:20-cv-05353-ODW (ASx)

1122 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING TEMPORARY 1133 v. RESTRAINING ORDER AND

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

1144 THE REGENTS OF THE PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. et 1155 al., SHOULD NOT ISSUE [2]

1166 Defendants. 1177 1188 Plaintiffs S.M., Tene Medford Carr, and John Medford initiated this action 1199 asserting constitutional violations and seeking an emergency injunction preventing 2200 Defendant The Regents of the University of California from imminently removing life 2211 sustaining medical support from minor Plaintiff S.M. (See Compl., ECF No. 1; Ex 2222 Parte Appl. (“TRO”), ECF No. 2.) Plaintiff S.M. is the fourteen year-old daughter of 2233 Plaintiffs Tene Medford Carr and John Medford. S.M. went into cardiac arrest on 2244 June 11, 2020, and was admitted to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. S.M. is 2255 currently on life support which is sustaining her…