Bolbol

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DENIZ BOLBOL, et al., Case No. 23-cv-01652-VC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

v. TEMPORARY RESTRAINING

ORDER

ROWELL RANCH RODEO, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 28 Defendants.

The motion for a temporary restraining order is denied. This order assumes the reader’s familiarity with the facts of the case, the relevant law, and the discussion held at the motion hearing. While the plaintiffs have shown a likelihood of success on their claim that the defendants (or at least Rowell Ranch) interfered with their free speech rights last year, they have not shown that they are likely to be prevented from meaningfully expressing themselves this year. The emergency motion relies exclusively on evidence from last year’s events. While this is not nothing, the plaintiffs themselves have suggested that what happened last year was anomalous— they assert that until last year they regularly demonstrated at the rodeo without any issues. See, e.g., Dkt. No. 28-1 at 6–7. Yet the motion contained no forward-looking evidence, such as representations from the defendants about what the plaintiffs might…