Vela

Vela v. The State Bar of California

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaMarch 12, 20241:23-cv-01638California401 words

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10

11 PASTOR ISABEL VELA, ) Case No.: 1:23-cv-1638 JLT BAM ) 12 Plaintiff, ) ORDER ADOPTING IN FULL THE FINDINGS ) AND RECOMMENDATIONS DENYING 13 v. ) PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR AN EMERGENCY ) HEARING 14 THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, et al., ) ) (Docs. 3, 8) 15 Defendants. ) ) 16

17 Plaintiff seeks to hold the State Bar of California liable for violations of her civil rights. (See 18 generally Doc. 9.) When Plaintiff initiated this action, she also filed a “Motion for Emergency Hearing 19 in the Interest of Justice,” requesting a hearing, injunction, and related costs. (Doc. 3.) 20 The assigned magistrate judge construed Plaintiff’s motion as a request for a preliminary 21 injunction. (Doc. 8 at 2.) The magistrate judge found Plaintiff did not show a likelihood of success on 22 the merits and made “no showing that she will suffer irreparable harm in the absence of an injunction, 23 that the balance of equities tips in her favor, or that an injunction is in the…

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