Carter

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EPICENTRX, INC., CASE NO. 20-cv-1058-LAB (LL)

Plaintiff,

PROTECTIVE ORDER AND ORDER

vs. DENYING APPLICATION FOR

TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

COREY A. CARTER Defendants.

14 Plaintiff EpicentRx, Inc. filed this case on June 9, 2020. Five weeks later, EpicentRx filed an ex parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order (TRO). The Court DENIES the application for a temporary restraining order for the reasons stated below. A temporary restraining order is extraordinary relief available only where such an order “serv[es] [its] underlying purpose of preserving the status quo and preventing irreparable harm before a preliminary injunction hearing may be held.” Granny Goose Foods, 415 U.S. 423, 439 (1974). TROs are appropriate only where a party’s interests are in urgent need of protection. See id. This Court hears such motions “[o]nly under extraordinary circumstances.” Burns Standing Order in Civil Cases. Circumstances…