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 Nos. 125, 137 Defendants. 12 13 In September 2021, the Court issued a preliminary injunction in favor of the 11 individual plaintiffs and 16 others who lived with and/or provided support to the individual plaintiffs. That order enjoined Defendants from closing two encampments known as Ashby West and Ashby/Shellmound. The preliminary injunction lasted for six months, i.e., until March 23, 2022. See Docket No. 88 (order). Currently pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion for an extension of the preliminary injunction, specifically, for another four months. For the motion, the parties have filed briefs and supporting evidence. The Court held an evidentiary hearing on the motion…