Blaike
Blaike v. El-Tawansy
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 DENIS BLAIKE, et al., Case No. 22-cv-04669-RS Plaintiffs, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER DINA EL TIWANSY, et al., 13 Defendants.
Plaintiffs, homeless individuals at an encampment under Highway 101 in San Rafael, known as the Service Support Area, seek a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) against agencies and officials of the State of California and City of San Rafael. Upon review of the complaint, motion for TRO, and supporting exhibits, Plaintiffs have met the standard for temporary relief that preserves the status quo until the defendants can appear and be heard; the motion for a TRO is GRANTED. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b); Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Cottrell, 632 F.3d 1127, 1132 (9th Cir. 2011). Because of the abrupt timeline on which notice appears to have been given to the Plaintiffs and the imminence of the closure (tomorrow at 7:30 am), this TRO will issue without notice. See…