Order Denying Injunction Pending Appeal — Vitolo v. Guzman

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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee · No. 3:21-cv-00176-TRM-DCP · Doc. 27 · 2021-05-20 · Docket on CourtListener

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
 
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE 
 
AT KNOXVILLE 
 
ANTONIO VITOLO and JAKE’S BAR 
AND GRILL, LLC, 
 
Plaintiffs, 
 
v. 
 
ISABELLA CASILLAS GUZMAN 
 
Defendant. 
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Case No. 3:21-cv-176 
 
Judge Travis R. McDonough 
 
Magistrate Judge Debra C. Poplin 
 
 
 
ORDER 
 
 
Before the Court is Plaintiffs Antonio Vitolo and Jake’s Bar and Grill, LLC’s emergency 
motion for an injunction pending appeal (Doc. 23).  The Court DENIES Plaintiffs’ motion.  
A party must ordinarily move first in the district court for an order granting an injunction 
while an appeal is pending.  Fed. R. App. P. 8(a)(1).  If the district court denies the party’s 
motion for an injunction or fails to afford the moving party the requested relief, a motion may 
then be made to the court of appeals or one of its judges.  Fed R. App. P. 8(a)(2). 
“To obtain an injunction, the movant must show that the four factors—the likelihood of 
success on the merits, irreparable harm to the movant, harm to other parties, and the public’s 
interest—support an injunction.”  Reeder v. BSI Fin. Servs., No. 19-5086, 2019 U.S. App. 
LEXIS 33948, at *1–2 (6th Cir. Nov. 13, 2019) (citing Overstreet v. Lexington-Fayette Urban 
Cnty. Gov’t, 305 F.3d 566, 573 (6th Cir. 2002)) (partial citations omitted); see also Catholic 
Diocese of Nashville v. Sebelius, No. 13-6640, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 25936, at *5–6 (6th Cir. 
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Dec. 31, 2013) (citations omitted).  These factors are identical to those considered by the Court 
in denying Plaintiffs’ motion for temporary restraining order.  (Doc. 24, at 8.) 
Therefore, for the reasons stated in the Court’s memorandum opinion denying Plaintiffs’ 
motion for temporary restraining order (see generally Doc. 24), Plaintiffs’ motion for an 
injunction is DENIED.   
SO ORDERED.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Travis R. McDonough 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TRAVIS R. MCDONOUGH 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
 
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