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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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ORDER DENYING TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER; DENYING APPLICATION FOR ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE—No.

C-07-04266 RMW

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

E-filed on 8/21/07

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

JOHN GABOR and KAY GABOR,

Plaintiffs,

v.

COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA BOARD OF

SUPERVISORS et al.,

Defendants.

No. C-07-04266 RMW

ORDER DENYING TEMPORARY

RESTRAINING ORDER; DENYING

APPLICATION FOR ORDER TO SHOW

CAUSE

On August 20, 2007, plaintiffs filed a document titled "Civil Rights Complaint: FRCP Rule

65 Temporary Restraining Order, Order to Show Cause; Temporary Injunction" (hereinafter,

"plaintiffs' complaint"). Plaintiffs' complaint names as defendants the County of Santa Clara Board

of Supervisors; Ken Yeager; Ann Ravel; Delores Carr; Laurie Smith; the City of Campbell, Daniel

Rich, its city manager, and its development department; Susan Morgado-Gray; Jerry Brown; and

Scot Schools. It does not appear that this document has been served on any of these defendants. 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65 provides that a temporary restraining order may be

granted without written or oral notice to the adverse parties or their counsel only if (1) it appears that

immediate and irreparable injury will result before the adverse parties can be heard in opposition

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 Local Rule 7-2(a) provides: "Except as otherwise ordered or permitted by the assigned Judge or

these Local Rules . . . all motions must be filed, served and noticed in writing on the motion calendar

of the assigned Judge for hearing not less than 35 days after service of the motion.:

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and (2) the applicant for the temporary restraining order certifies in writing with the court what

efforts, if any, have been made by the applicant to give notice to the adverse parties. Further, Local

Rule 65-1(b) provides that "Unless relieved by order of a Judge for good cause shown, on or before

the day of an ex parte motion for a temporary restraining order, counsel applying for the temporary

restraining order must deliver notice of such motion to opposing counsel or party." 

Plaintiffs' complaint, which appears to allege, among other things, some sort of conspiracy

by the defendants to commit a home invasion robbery of plaintiffs' property to confiscate their dogs,

does not demonstrate that any immediate or irreparable injury will occur before the defendants have

been served and been given an opportunity to respond. Further, there is no certification regarding

what, if any, efforts have been made to serve defendants, nor has this court been unable to reach

plaintiffs by phone. Thus, because plaintiffs have failed to demonstrate why this court should issue

a temporary restraining order without notice to defendants (or, indeed, to demonstrate any

immediate or irreparable harm or any chance of success on the merits), plaintiffs' ex parte

application for a temporary restraining order and order to show cause are denied without prejudice. 

After serving defendants, plaintiffs may either attempt to make an appropriate showing for a

temporary restraining order or move for a preliminary injunction with proper notice to the court and

to defendants as set forth in Local Rule 7-2(a).1

DATED: 8/21/07

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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ORDER DENYING TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER; DENYING APPLICATION FOR ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE—No.

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A copy of this order was mailed on 8/21/07 to:

Counsel for Plaintiffs:

John and Kay Gabor 

590 Smokey Court 

Campbell, CA 95008-3717 

Counsel for Defendants:

No appearance

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this order to co-counsel, as necessary.

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