Diaz
(PC) Hammler v. Diaz
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALLEN HAMMLER, Case No. 2:20-cv-1890-DC-JDP (P) Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS RALPH DIAZ, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, has two motions for preliminary injunctive relief pending. ECF Nos. 43 & 79. For the reasons stated below, both should be denied. Motion for Global Tel-Link Access In his first motion, plaintiff argues that granting him access to a global tel-link tablet program would allow him to use the phone, send text messages, and receive e-mails from his cell. ECF No. 43 at 4. He claims such access would allow him to interview and obtain declarations from non-incarcerated witnesses for use in this case. Id. at 4-5. I previously recommended that this motion be denied because there was insufficient relationship between this request and the claims underlying this suit. See Pac. Radiation Oncology, LLC v. Queen’s Med. Ctr., 810 F.3d 631, 636 (9th…