Google Wants Motion to Dismiss Hearing on Same Day as RFK Jr. Motion for Injunction
Google and YouTube seek an earlier date for the hearing on their motion to dismiss a freedom of speech lawsuit brought by Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said their motion Monday (docket 3:23-cv-03880) in U.S. District Court for…
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Northern California in San Francisco. Google requests a hearing Nov. 7, the same date as the hearing on Kennedy’s motion for preliminary injunction to allow both motions to be heard on the same day, said the filing. The court had scheduled a hearing on the motion to dismiss Jan. 16. In the event the court grants Google’s motion to dismiss, it will render the preliminary injunction “moot,” it said. The defendant also asked to advance the deadline for filing its motion to dismiss by six days and to reset the opposition and reply deadlines accordingly, it said. Kennedy didn’t consent to the proposed stipulation but said he doesn’t plan to file a formal opposition, said Google’s motion. This month, U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson for Northern California ordered the court’s Aug. 23 order denying Kennedy's application for a temporary restraining order to be converted into an order denying a preliminary injunction (see 2309130013). Kennedy's freedom of speech lawsuit alleges “the extraordinary steps the United States government has taken under the leadership of Joe Biden to silence people it does not want Americans to hear.”