Paxton
Twitter, Inc. v. Paxton
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TWITTER, INC., Case No. 21-cv-01644-MMC
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S v. MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY
INJUNCTION PENDING APPEAL
KEN PAXTON,
Defendant.
12 Before the Court is plaintiff Twitter, Inc.'s ("Twitter") Motion, filed May 27, 2021, "for Injunction Pending Appeal." On June 2, 2021, defendant Ken Paxton, in his official capacity as Attorney General of Texas ("Attorney General"), filed opposition. Having read and considered the parties' respective written submissions, the Court rules as follows.1 On March 8, 2021, Twitter filed the above-titled action, in which it alleged that, on January 13, 2021, the Attorney General issued a "Civil Investigative Demand" ("CID") (see Compl. ¶ 3, Ex. 1), by which the Attorney General seeks from Twitter specified documents described as "relevant to the subject matter of an investigation of possible violations of sections 17.46(a) and (b) of the DTPA [Texas…