Baird

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 Mark Baird and Richard Gallardo, No. 2:19-cv-00617-KJM-AC 12 Plaintiffs, ORDER 13 Vv. Rob Bonta in his official capacity as Attorney 15 General of the State of California, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 While this case is pending, plaintiffs Mark Baird and Richard Gallardo ask the court to 19 | enjoin two California laws that impose criminal liability on people who carry handguns openly in 20 | public. To obtain that relief, they must show the balance of equities tips in their favor and a 21 | preliminary injunction is in the public interest, among other things. Winter v. Nat. Res. Def. 22 | Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 20 (2008). They have not, so their motion is denied. In addition, they 23 | have not shown they have standing to pursue all of the claims in their complaint. Their complaint 24 | is dismissed in part for lack of jurisdiction on the court’s own motion, as explained in detail 25 | below. 26 | I. BACKGROUND 27 …