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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

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEFEND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION 

PARTY (DAAP), et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF 

CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-01575-VC 

ORDER REQUESTING RESPONSE TO 

TRO APPLICATION

Re: Dkt. No. 3

The defendants who have already been served (the Regents of the University of 

California, President Janet Napolitano, and Chancellor Nicholas B. Dirks) are ordered to file a 

response to the TRO application by 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 2, 2016. In addition to whatever 

other issues the defendants wish to discuss, the response should address the following questions:

1. Have the regulations governing ASUC elections been applied in a viewpoint-neutral 

manner, given the way those regulations have been applied to DAAP and 

CalSERVE?

2. Have the plaintiffs unreasonably delayed in seeking a TRO and/or notifying the 

defendants that they intended to seek a TRO? If so, does this affect the Court's 

analysis of whether a TRO should be granted?

3. If the Court denies the plaintiffs' application for a TRO, but later concludes that the 

plaintiffs' First Amendment rights have been violated, what relief will be available? 

Could the Court order a new election?

The parties can assume the Court will issue a ruling by Saturday afternoon. In addition, 

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counsel for the plaintiffs and the served defendants should make themselves available Saturday 

afternoon in case the Court wishes to hold oral argument.

The plaintiffs are ordered to serve a copy of this order on the University of California's 

Office of the General Counsel by fax and e-mail.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 31, 2016

______________________________________

VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

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