(PC) McDowell v. Smith

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GIOVANNI MCDOWELL, No. 1:24-cv-00500-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

v. (ECF No. 45) STEVE SMITH, et al.,

Defendants.

16 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. All parties have consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C § 636(c)(1). Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for a temporary restraining order, filed March 10, 2025. (ECF No. 45.) This action proceeds against Defendants Luis Cobian, Joseph Davis, Steve Smith, and Jeffrey Storey for deliberate indifference to Plaintiff’s safety. In his present motion, Plaintiff seeks a temporary restraining order against staff at Sierra Conservation Center and California State Prison, Sacramento, because a second inmate has attempted to stab Plaintiff on February 13, 2025, and he believes California Department of…