Moulton

1 2 3 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 BRANDY MOULTON, Case No. 20-cv-02374-MMC

8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S

APPLICATION FOR TEMPORARY

9 v. RESTRAINING ORDER

10 DAN GJERDE, in his official capacity as Supervisor for the County of Mendocino, 11 Defendant.

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13 Before the Court is plaintiff Brandy Moulton's Application, filed April 14, 2020, for a 14 "Temporary Restraining Order and OSC re: Preliminary Injunction." Defendant Dan 15 Gjerde has filed opposition, to which plaintiff has replied. Having read and considered 16 the parties' respective written submissions, the Court rules as follows.1 17 In her complaint, plaintiff alleges that, in February 2020, defendant, a county 18 supervisor, "banned" her "from speaking in a public forum he had set up for constituents 19 to interact with each other and with him about his actions as a local government official." 20 (See Compl. ¶ 1.) The "public forum," according to plaintiff, is a "Facebook page which is 21 currently titled 'Dan…