Carrandi v. NetRoadshow, Inc.

• Court: District Court, N.D. California
• Decided: February 27, 2024
• Docket: 4:24-cv-01092
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 LISA CARRANDI, Case No. 24-cv-01092-HSG

8 Plaintiff, ORDER REGARDING MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER 9 v. Re: Dkt. No. 4 10 NETROADSHOW, INC., 11 Defendant.

12 13 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff Lisa Carrandi’s Motion for a Temporary Restraining 14 Order to enjoin Defendant NetRoadshow, Inc., her former employer, from enforcing allegedly 15 unlawful post-employment restrictive covenants contained within the parties’ Employment 16 Agreement and from interfering with her current consulting relationship with Finsight Group, Inc. 17 See Dkt. No. 4. Plaintiff also seeks an order to show cause why a preliminary injunction should 18 not issue pending trial in this case. Id. A temporary restraining order is an “extraordinary remedy” that the court should award 19 only upon a clear showing that the party is entitled to such relief. See Winter v. Natural Res. Def. 20 Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 20 (2008). Such an order may be issued only where the moving party 21 has established: (1) a likelihood of success on the merits; (2) a likelihood of irreparable harm in 22 the absence of preliminary relief; (3) the balance of equities tips in the moving party’s favor; and 23 (4) that an injunction is in the public interest. See id. at 22. 24 Having reviewed Plaintiff’s motion and supporting documents, the Court finds it 25 appropriate to give Defendant an opportunity to respond to the motion. The record reflects that 26 Plaintiff’s counsel says she gave notice of her intent to seek a TRO, but does not indicate that she 27 1 Accordingly, Plaintiff is DIRECTED to serve the documents submitted to the Court under 2 || Docket Numbers 4 (the Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and its supporting documents) 3 and Docket Number 10 (this order) on Defendant, through its counsel, by no later than 12:00 p.m. 4 || PST on Wednesday, February 28, 2024. Plaintiff may serve these documents by electronic mail. 5 Defendant is DIRECTED to file any written opposition with this Court by no later than 6 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Unless otherwise ordered, the matter will be deemed 7 submitted once Defendant files its response. 8 IT IS SO ORDERED. 9 || Dated: 2/27/2024

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. United States District Judge 12

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