Case: 1:19-cv-00360-MRB Doc #: 63 Filed: 04/10/20 Page: 1 of 2 PAGEID #: 1192

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
WESTERN DIVISION
Preterm-Cleveland, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
Attorney General of Ohio, et al.,
Defendants.

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: Judge Michael R. Barrett
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TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
This matter is before the Court on the March 30, 2020 Temporary Restraining
Order that is set to expire on April 13, 2020 unless dissolved earlier or extended by the
Court. (Doc. 43).
The State Defendants have timely filed their Response in Opposition to Plaintiffs’
Motion for a Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 59) and, per the briefing scheduled agreed to by
the parties, Plaintiffs’ Reply is due on April 15, 2020 (Apr. 1, 2020 Minute Entry). In light
of the agreed upon briefing schedule, the Court finds that good cause exists to extend the
Temporary Restraining Order, which is necessary to preserve the status quo until the
Court rules on the pending Motion for Preliminary Injunction. See FED. R. CIV. P. 65(b)(2).
Accordingly, Defendant; Defendant’s officers, agents, servants, employees, and
attorneys; and those persons in active concert or participation with them who receive
actual notice of the order remain TEMPORARILY RESTRAINED from enforcing the
Director’s Order against Plaintiffs as described in the March 30, 2020 Temporary

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Restraining Order. This Order is effective upon entry and expires fourteen (14) days
thereafter unless dissolved earlier or extended by the Court.
Finally, per the Court’s instructions at the April 1, 2020 telephonic conference and
the parties’ failure to do so as of the date of this Order, the parties are to apprise the Court
regarding their position on oral argument for Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction.
(Apr. 1, 2020 Minute Entry).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
_s/ Michael R. Barrett___________
Michael R. Barrett, Judge
United States District Court

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