Maffick LLC v. Facebook Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MAFFICK LLC, Case No. 20-cv-05222-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE APPLICATION FOR
v. TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
FACEBOOK, INC., Re: Dkt. No. 3 Defendant.
Plaintiff Maffick LLC seeks a temporary restraining order directing defendant Facebook, Inc., to take down a “Russia state-controlled media” label that Facebook posted on Maffick’s “In the Now,” “Waste-Ed” and “Soapbox” pages. Dkt. No. 3. A TRO is denied, and the Court will set the case for trial on an expedited schedule. STANDARDS A temporary restraining order enjoins conduct pending a hearing on a preliminary injunction. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b). When, as here, “notice of a motion for a temporary restraining order is given to the adverse party, the same legal standard as a motion for a preliminary injunction applies.” Fang v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., No. 16-cv- 06071-JD, 2016 WL 9275454, at *1 (N.D. Cal.…