Cayton

I. Background

20 Plaintiff Dan Smith Softball is a semi-professional softball team and sole proprietorship 21 headquartered in San Jose, California. Complaint, Dkt. No. 1, ¶ 3; Declaration of Daniel H. 22 Smith, Jr. In Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary 23 Injunction (“Smith Decl.”), Dkt. No. 31-2, ¶ 1. Defendant Daniel Cayton is a professional 24 softball player residing in Casper, Wyoming. Compl. ¶ 4. Plaintiff and Mr. Cayton are both 25 involved in a competitive softball league organized and run by the United States Specialty Sports 26 Case No.: 5:20-cv-01661-EJD

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION FOR

Association (“USSSA”). Teams in the USSSA league generally play a dozen or more tournaments each season around the United States, culminating in playoffs and a “World Series” championship tournament. Smith Decl. ¶ 4. According to Plaintiff, Mr. Cayton began playing softball for Plaintiff during the 2019 World Series. Id. ¶ 5. Before then, Mr. Cayton had been playing for another team but Plaintiff paid that team $75,000 for the right to recruit him. Ibid. …