U.S. Public v. People in US
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 U.S. PUBLIC, et al., Case No. 24-cv-0369-BAS-VET
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
v. EX PARTE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER (ECF No. 3) PEOPLE IN U.S., et al.,
Defendants. 16 Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Sandara Jenkins and Steven Cross, on behalf of the U.S. Public, Request for a Temporary Restraining Order. (ECF No. 3.) Because the defendants in this case have not yet been served, this request is made ex parte. For a court to grant a TRO, the moving party must show: (1) a likelihood of success on the merits; (2) a likelihood of irreparable harm to the moving party in the absence of preliminary relief; (3) that the balance of equities tips in favor of the moving party; and (4) that an injunction is in the public interest. Winter v. Nat. Res. Def. Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 20 (2008). Generally, a TRO is “an extraordinary remedy that may only be awarded upon a clear showing that the…