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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1983 Civil Rights

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Brian R. Chavez-Ochoa (CA Bar No. 190289)

brianr@chavezochoalaw.com

Chavez-Ochoa Law Offices, Inc.

4 Jean Street, Suite 4

Valley Springs, CA 95252

Telephone: (209) 772-3013

Johannes Widmalm-Delphonse (VA Bar No. 96040)*

jwidmalmdelphonse@adflegal.org

Alliance Defending Freedom

44180 Riverside Parkway

Lansdowne, VA 20176

Telephone: (571) 707-4655

Jonathan A. Scruggs (AZ Bar No. 030505)*

jscruggs@ADFlegal.org

Alliance Defending Freedom

15100 N. 90th Street

Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Telephone: (480) 444-0020

Counsel for Plaintiffs The Babylon Bee, LLC

and Kelly Chang Rickert

*Admitted pro hac vice

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Christoper Kohls,

Plaintiff,

v.

Rob Bonta, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:24-cv-02527-JAM-CKD

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

STAY ENFORCEMENT OF AB 

2655

Judge: John A. Mendez

The Babylon Bee, LLC, et al.

Plaintiffs,

v.

Rob Bonta, et al. 

Defendants.

STIPULATION

1. Defendants Rob Bonta and Shirley N. Weber agree to stay enforcement 

of AB 2655 (Cal. Elec. Code § 20510) during the law’s operative dates for the 2024 

election cycle, from January 1-4, 2025. 

2. In light of this stipulation, Plaintiffs will not seek a preliminary 

injunction staying enforcement of AB 2655 during the 2024 election cycle.

Plaintiffs reserve the right to bring a motion for preliminary injunction should 

enforcement later become a possibility which, absent a dispositive ruling from this 

Court, will occur no later than late 2025 due to primary elections for the 2026 

election cycle.

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DATED: November 14, 2024

s/ Johannes Widmalm-Delphonse

Johannes Widmalm-Delphonse

VA Bar No. 96040

Alliance Defending Freedom

44180 Riverside Parkway

Lansdowne, VA 20176

571-707-4655

jwidmalmdelphonse@adflegal.org

Jonathan A. Scruggs

AZ Bar No. 030505

Alliance Defending Freedom

15100 N. 90th Street

Scottsdale, AZ 85260

480-444-0020

jscruggs@ADFlegal.org

Brian R. Chavez-Ochoa

CA Bar No. 190289

Chavez-Ochoa Law Offices, Inc.

4 Jean Street, Suite 4

Valley Springs, CA 95252

209-772-3013

brianr@chavezochoalaw.com

Counsel for Plaintiffs The Babylon Bee, 

LLC and Kelly Chang Rickert

s/ Adam E. Schulman

(authorized 11.8.24)

Adam E. Schulman

Theodore H. Frank 

Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute

1629 K Street NW, Suite 300

Washington, DC 20006

610-457-0856

703-203-3848

adam.schulman@hlli.org 

ted.frank@hlli.org

Counsel for Plaintiff Christopher Kohls

s/ Kristin A. Liska

(authorized 11.13.24)

Rob Bonta

Attorney General of California

Anya M. Binsacca

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

Kristin A. Liska

Deputy Attorney General

State Bar No. 315994

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004

Telephone: (415) 510-3916

Fax: (415) 703-5480

E-mail: Kristin.Liska@doj.ca.gov

Counsel for Defendants Robert A. Bonta 

and Shirley N. Weber

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Christoper Kohls,

Plaintiff,

v.

Rob Bonta, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:24-cv-02527-JAM-CKD

ORDER TO STAY 

ENFORCEMENT OF AB 2655

Judge: John A. Mendez

The Babylon Bee, LLC, et al.

Plaintiffs,

v.

Rob Bonta, et al. 

Defendants.

Before the Court are Plaintiff Christopher Kohls, Plaintiffs The Babylon Bee, 

LLC and Kelly Chang Rickert and Defendants Rob Bonta and Shirley N. Weber’s 

joint stipulation to stay enforcement of AB 2655. 

The Court thus hereby ORDERS Defendants Rob Bonta and Shirley N. 

Weber to stay of enforcement of AB 2655 during the 2024 election cycle, from 

January 1-4, 2025.

It is so ORDERED.

Dated: November 15, 2024 /s/ John A. Mendez

THE HONORABLE JOHN A. MENDEZ

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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