GERBER v. THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA et al

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
VALDOSTA DIVISION
BRIAN GERBER,
Plaintiff,
v.
THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA,
et al.,
Defendants.
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CASE NO:
7:25-cv-182–WLS
ORDER
Plaintiff moves for a preliminary injunction under Rule 65. (Doc. 13). Rule 65 reads,
“[t]he court may issue a preliminary injunction only on notice to the adverse party.” Plaintiff
has not indicated to the Court that he provided any notice of this motion to the adverse parties.
Yet on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, Counsel for Plaintiff called the Court to inquire whether
it had set a hearing on the motion for preliminary injunction. A motion for preliminary
injunction is not a motion for temporary restraining order. Adverse parties must be given
notice before the Court will schedule a hearing on a motion for preliminary injunction.
Nothing in the pleadings indicates that a hiring decision is being made during the
Christmas holiday. The Court is not satisfied upon the Complaint and pleadings that there is
a need for an emergency hearing. The moving party shall state for the Court what effort they
have made to notice the adverse party. Upon certification of proper notice to the adverse
party, the Court will set a hearing.
SO ORDERED, this 23rd day of December 2025.
/s/ W. Louis Sands___________
W. LOUIS SANDS, SR. JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
Case 7:25-cv-00182-WLS Document 14 Filed 12/23/25 Page 1 of 1