Catlin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DURRELL ANTHONY PUCKETT, Case No. 2:23-cv-0210-DAD-JDP (P) Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS DAVID CATLIN, et al., Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff has filed a motion seeking permanent injunctive relief in the form of an order mandating his transfer to another institution. ECF No. 74. For the reasons described below, I recommend that the motion be denied. “A preliminary injunction is ‘an extraordinary and drastic remedy, one that should not be granted unless the movant, by a clear showing, carries the burden of persuasion.’” Lopez v. Brewer, 680 F.3d 1068, 1072 (9th Cir. 2012) (quoting Mazurek v. Armstrong, 520 U.S. 968, 972 (1997) (per curiam)); see also Winter v. Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 24 (2008) (citation omitted) (“[a] preliminary injunction is an extraordinary remedy never awarded as of right”). Nonetheless, “federal courts must not shrink from their obligation to enforce the 27 1 Plaintiff filed…