Lopez

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10

DAVID

11 JONATHAN BENNETT, No. 2:25-cv-3033 TLN CSK P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 TOM LOPEZ, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a pretrial detainee proceeding pro se in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. 18 §1983. On November 10, 2025, plaintiff filed a document styled “Motion for Preliminary 19 Injunction.” (ECF No. 8.) However, plaintiff’s filing is not a motion, but rather a commentary 20 on what plaintiff announced to jail staff and inmates concerning a public defender and a judge, as 21 well as what the judge allegedly said. (ECF No. 8 at 1-2.) Plaintiff references a You Tube video, 22 and claims the inmates have cell phones. (Id. at 2.) But plaintiff does not identify what relief he 23 seeks, or otherwise address any of the elements required to seek injunctive relief.1 Even liberally 24 construed, the Court cannot construe plaintiff’s filing as a motion for injunctive relief. 25 1 “A preliminary injunction is an extraordinary remedy never…