Sanai

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CYRUS SANAI, Case No. 22-cv-01818-JST

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

v. INJUNCTION PENDING APPEAL

GEORGE CARDONA, et al., Re: ECF No. 81 Defendants.

12 Before the Court is Plaintiff Cyrus Sanai’s motion seeking the entry of a temporary restraining order and issuance of an order to show cause why an injunction pending appeal should not issue. ECF No. 81. The Court will deny the motion. I. BACKGROUND Sanai, a California lawyer, initiated this action for declaratory and injunctive relief against Defendants George Cardona, the State Bar Chief Trial Counsel, and Leah Wilson, the State Bar Executive Director, in March 2022, shortly after receiving a letter notifying him that the State Bar would initiate disciplinary proceedings against him. ECF No. 1; ECF No. 28 ¶ 30; ECF No. 77 ¶ 30. Sanai is now the subject of a pending State Bar disciplinary proceeding; the Notice of Disciplinary Charges (“NDC”), which…