Layton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 GLOBALIZATION PARTNERS, Case No. 19-cv-01990-BAS-LL

INC., ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR Plaintiff, A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND SETTING v. BRIEFING SCHEDULE 14 CAROLINE LAYTON, [ECF No. 2] 15 Defendant. 16 Before the Court is Plaintiff Globalization Partners, Inc.’s Ex Parte Application for a Temporary Restraining Order. (ECF No. 2 (“TRO Application”).) For the reasons set forth below, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s TRO Application and sets a schedule for further briefings. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Globalization Partners, Inc. (“Plaintiff” or “GP”) filed a complaint against Defendant Caroline Layton alleging, among other things, misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff concurrently filed the instant TRO Application and moved to file parts of its application under seal. …