Wheeler

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 24 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JUAN RODRIGUEZ, No. 24-4309 D.C. No. 6:17-cv-00104-BMM Plaintiff - Appellant,

v. MEMORANDUM*

MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

AND HUMAN SERVICES; THERESA

DIEKHANS; THERESA ADAMS; APRIL

JONES; SAHRITA JONES; HEATHER

SMITH; BRANDI CAMPBELL; BECCI

DELINGER; ALANA KIETZMAN; LISA

ANDERSON MANGAN; TREVOR

LEWIS; ANNA FISHER; JUDY

HARTELIUS; AMANDA HOPE,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Brian M. Morris, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted December 17, 2024**

Before: WALLACE, GRABER, and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Juan Rodriguez appeals pro se from the district court’s order denying his

motion for a preliminary…