Roles
Roles v. California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WHERE DO WE GO BERKELEY, et al., Case No. 21-cv-04435-EMC
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
v. DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’
MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INJUNCTION TRANSPORTATION (CALTRANS), et al., Docket No. 78 Defendants. 12 13 14 Plaintiffs are Where Do We Go Berkeley (“WDWG”) and eleven individual plaintiffs. They have filed suit against Defendants the California Department of Transportation (“Caltrans”) and two Caltrans employees. According to Plaintiffs, Defendants are violating Plaintiffs’ due process rights (federal and state), as well as their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act/Rehabilitation Act, by trying to close certain homeless encampments located near the I-80 at the Berkeley-Emeryville border. On August 26, 2021, the Court issued a temporary restraining order enjoining Defendants from evicting the eleven individual plaintiffs from the encampments. See…