Gurnani

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAMESH GURNANI, No. 1:23-cv-01293-ADA-SKO Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S EX PARTE

MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY

v. RESTRAINING ORDER UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF (ECF No. 4) THE INTERIOR, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On August 29, 2023, Plaintiff Ramesh Gurnani (“Plaintiff”) filed the instant lawsuit. (ECF No. 1.) To preclude the need for Plaintiff to file a motion for a temporary restraining order (“TRO”), the parties, through counsel, agreed to hold the suspension in abeyance until September 15, 2023, to negotiate a resolution. (ECF No. 6 at 3-4.) On September 6, 2023, Defendants United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, and Cicely Muldoon (“Defendants”) provided Plaintiff a settlement offer in exchange for dismissal of the lawsuit. (Id. at 4.) However, Plaintiff neither rejected nor accepted the offer. (Id.) On September 11, 2023, Plaintiff filed…