Jiaren Zhu v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations identified on Schedule "A"

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9

JIAREN ZHU,

10 Case No. 24-cv-03128-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER DENYING RENEWED 12 APPLICATION FOR A TEMPORARY

THE PARTNERSHIPS AND RESTRAINING ORDER

13 UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS

IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE “A”,

14 Defendants. 15 16 Plaintiff Jiaren Zhu’s prior ex parte application for a temporary restraining order was 17 denied, without prejudice, for failure to show issuance of such an order without notice to 18 defendants was warranted. Zhu now renews the application, alleging that while the true business 19 names of some of the intended defendants have now been ascertained, “it is almost impossible for 20 the Plaintiff to locate the businesses’ locations and serve the Complaint and Summons on the 21 businesses” and that it could take up to a year to do so. Zhu argues that preliminary relief is 22 necessary to avoid the irreparable losses that will occur in the interim. Zhu also contends other 23 courts have granted relief in…