Abrera

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ARNOLD ABRERA, No. 2:22-cv-01162-JAM-DB 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

14 GAVIN NEWSOM, in his official capacity as Governor of the 15 State of California; ROB BONTA, in his official 16 capacity as Attorney General of the State of California, 17 et al., 18 Defendants. 19 20 Arnold Abrera (“Plaintiff”) petitions the Court to enjoin 21 Governor Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta 22 (“Defendants”) from enforcing California Code of Civil Procedure 23 § 1021.11 (enacted under Senate Bill No. 1327) against Plaintiff 24 and the citizens of California. See Mot. for Preliminary Inj. 25 (“Mot.”), ECF No. 19. Plaintiff contends that the statute’s fee- 26 shifting provision constitutes an unprecedented, unconstitutional 27 attack on the Second Amendment and those who wish to bring non- 28 frivolous claims to enforce their right to bear arms for lawful 1 purposes. Id. at 3-4. Defendants oppose the…