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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division U.S. WECHAT USERS ALLIANCE, et al., Case No. 20-cv-05910-LB

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

v. PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., Re: ECF No. 17 and 48 Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiffs are persons in the United States who use WeChat, a messaging, social-media, and mobile-payment app.1 In this lawsuit, they challenge the constitutionality of Executive Order 13943, which prohibits (without defining) “transactions” relating to WeChat (to protect national security), effective September 20, 2020. The Executive Order directs the Secretary of Commerce to “identify” the “transactions” that are prohibited. On September 18, 2020, the Secretary issued an “Identification of Prohibited Transactions to Implement Executive Order 13943,” identifying the prohibited transactions. 25 26 1 Compl. – ECF No. 1; First Am. Complaint (“FAC”) – ECF…