Robert Benge v. Charles Ryan

MEMORANDUM

Arizona state prisoner Robert Joseph Benge appeals pro se from the district court’s order denying his motions for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (a). We review for an abuse of discretion, Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Cottrell, 632 F.3d 1127, 1131 (9th Cir.2011), and we affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Benge’s requests for injunctive relief after concluding that, on the record before it, Benge did not establish a likelihood that he would succeed on his deliberate indifference claims, or establish any actual injury arising from the alleged interference with legal photocopies. See Planned Parenthood Ariz., Inc. v. Humble, 753 F.3d 905, 911 (9th Cir.2014) (plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction must establish, among other things, that he is likely to succeed on the merits); see also Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 348-49 , 116 S.Ct. 2174 , 135 L.Ed.2d 606 (1996) (actual injury requirement); Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1057-60 (9th Cir. 2004) (deliberate indifference is a high legal standard; medical malpractice, negli gence, or a difference of opinion…