Cupp
Cupp v. Smith
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
RONALD CUPP, Case No. 20-cv-03456-PJH Plaintiff,
v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
PROCEED EX PARTE AND SETTING
ANDREW SMITH, et al., A BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON MOTION
FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
Defendants. ORDER Re: Dkt. No.
On July 31, 2020, plaintiff Ronald Cupp (plaintiff”) filed an ex parte motion for a temporary restraining order and motion for a preliminary injunction against defendants Andrew Smith (“Smith”), Tyra Harrington (“Harrington”), County of Sonoma (“Sonoma County”), and an unspecified Doe defendant (collectively, “defendants”). Dkt. 20. The subject of this action involves an alleged unlawful entry by defendants and other county officials upon plaintiff’s property on February 15, 2019, as well as other alleged deprivations of his procedural rights to challenge certain citations issued by defendants concerning his property since that February 2019 entry. Dkt. 1 ¶¶…