Opinion
3:21-cv-1743-BTM-BLM
10-20-2021
BENJAMIN PAVONE, Plaintiff, v. GEORGE CARDONA, Chief Trial Counsel, Office of the Chief Trial Counsel of the State Bar of California; LEAH WILSON, Executive Director of the State Bar of California; ANDREW VASICEK, Senior Attorney, Office of Chief Trial Counsel, Defendants.
ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO CONTINUE AND SETTING NEW BRIEFING SCHEDULE
[ECF NO. 17]
HONORABLE BARRY TED MOSKOWITZ, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
On October 19, 2021, the parties filed a joint motion to continue the October 20, 2021 hearing on Plaintiff's Application for a Temporary Restraining Order. (ECF No. 17.) The joint motion is GRANTED. The hearing is continued to 3:30 p.m. on November 8, 2021 in Courtroom 15B in the James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse, 333 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101.
Defendants may file a response by October 29, 2021. Plaintiff may file a reply by November 5, 2021.
The parties should be prepared to address why the case should not be dismissed under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971). See Hirsh v. Justs. of Supreme Ct of State of Cal., 67 F.3d 708, 712 (9th Cir. 1995) (“Younger and its progeny generally direct federal courts to abstain from granting injunctive or declaratory relief that would interfere with pending state judicial proceedings”); Canatella v. California, 404 F.3d 1106, 1110 (9th Cir. 2005) (“California's attorney discipline proceedings are judicial in character for purposes of Younger abstention”).
IT IS SO ORDERED.