Summary
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida partially grants and partially denies Joel Price’s motion to extend an ex parte temporary restraining order or obtain a preliminary injunction in a trademark-counterfeiting action. The court extends the temporary restraining order through January 26, 2026, requires service of the relevant filings, sets response deadlines, and schedules a preliminary-injunction hearing.
Court
United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division
Jurisdiction
United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division
Decision date
January 23, 2026
Docket number
8:25-cv-3398-KKM-AEP
Disposition
other
Questions Presented
- Whether the court could extend the temporary restraining order beyond the applicable twenty-eight-day period without the defendants' consent.
- Whether the court should extend the existing TRO for the limited period necessary to provide defendants notice and an opportunity to respond to the motion for preliminary injunction.
Holdings
- A district court cannot indefinitely extend a temporary restraining order without the parties' consent; after twenty-eight days, the TRO converts to a preliminary injunction.
- The court extended the TRO through January 26, 2026, while requiring plaintiff to serve defendants and allowing them to respond before the preliminary-injunction hearing.
Court Document
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