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N.D. Cal.OtherFiled Apr. 24, 2020

Zepeda Rivas v. Jennings

Judge
Laurel Beeler
Docket
3:20-cv-02731
Court
U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
Pages
1
Preliminary InjunctionCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Zepeda Rivas v. Jennings, Judge Chhabria asked the parties whether any interim relief should be a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order.

Who this affects

The plaintiffs and defendants in the case, because the court directed both sides to address the form of any possible interim relief.

What happened

In Zepeda Rivas v. Jennings, the court addressed how the parties should describe possible temporary relief in their upcoming filings.

The court told the parties to advise whether, if the court decided temporary relief was warranted, it should issue a preliminary injunction or a temporary restraining order.

The order did not decide whether relief was warranted or issue either type of order. Judge Chhabria directed the parties to address that question in filings due Saturday and Monday.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Zepeda Rivas v. Jennings · No. 3:20-cv-02731
Judge
Laurel Beeler
Date
Apr. 24, 2020

Order

The parties were directed to address in filings due Saturday and Monday whether the court should issue a preliminary injunction or a temporary restraining order if it concluded that interim relief was warranted.

What the Court Decided

The order did not decide whether interim relief was warranted. It also did not grant or deny a preliminary injunction or a temporary restraining order. The court only directed the parties to advise which form of relief would be appropriate if the court later found that temporary relief should issue. The order cites Washington v. Trump and California v. Trump.

Judge

The order was signed by Vince Chhabria, United States District Judge.

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