Farnell v. Zanon ( 2023 )

1 WO 2 3 4 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 7 8 Sarah Farnell, No. CV-23-02406-PHX-GMS 9 Plaintiff, ORDER 10 v. 11 Daniel Ashby Zanon, et al., 12 Defendants. 13 14 15 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff Sarah Farnell’s Motion for Preliminary 16 Injunction (Doc. 16), Motion to Strike Defendants’ Response to Plaintiff’s Motion for 17 Preliminary Injunction and Motion to Seal the Record (Doc. 21), and Notice of Voluntary 18 Dismissal of Counts II and IV of Plaintiff’s Complaint (Doc. 22). 19 IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 16) is 20 DENIED. Plaintiff failed to meet the evidentiary standard for a preliminary injunction. 21 See Lopez v. Brewer, 680 F.3d 1068, 1072 (9th Cir. 2012) (quoting Mazurek v. Armstrong, 22 520 U.S. 968, 972 (1997)) (“A preliminary injunction is ‘an extraordinary and drastic 23 remedy, one that should not be granted unless the movant, by a clear showing, carries the 24 burden of persuasion.’”). 25 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike Defendants’ 26 Response to Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Motion to Seal the Record 27 (Doc. 21) is DENIED. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(f) applies to pleadings, not 28 motions. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f) (“The court may strike [] a pleading . . . .”) (emphasis || added). Moreover, Plaintiff does not establish the compelling reasons standard required || by the Ninth Circuit to seal Defendants’ Response in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for || Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 20). See Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1179 (9th Cir. 2006) (“The mere fact that the production of records may lead to a 5 || litigant’s embarrassment, incrimination, or exposure to further litigation will not, without 6 || more, compel the court to seal its records.”’). 7 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal of 8 || Counts II and IV of Plaintiff's Complaint (Doc. 22) is NOTED. 9 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AFFRIMING Defendants’ stipulation as stated on || the record to file a 30-day advance notice with this Court prior to publishing, distributing, 11 || or disseminating Plaintiff's nude or sexually explicit images. 12 Dated this 29th day of December, 2023. 13 - 14 A Whacrsay Sooo) Whicren 15 Chief United States District Judge 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 _2-