State of CA v. Del Rosa

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 State of California, No. 2:23-cv-00743-KJM-DB 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 v. 14 Phillip Del Rosa, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 17 On September 7, 2023, the court granted California’s motion for a preliminary 18 | injunction and enjoined defendant Darren Rose in his official capacity as vice-chairman of 19 | the Alturas Indian Rancheria and as president/secretary of Azuma Corporation from 20 | delivering cigarettes to anyone in California in violation of the Prevent All Cigarette 21 | Trafficking Act (PACT Act). California now moves for an order to show cause why Rose 22 | should not be held in contempt for failure to comply with the court’s preliminary 23 | injunction order. California also moves to hold Rose in contempt. For the reasons below, 24 | the court denies the motion for an order to show cause as moot and grants the motion to 25 | hold Rose in contempt.

1 I. BACKGROUND 2 The court has summarized the relevant…