Scott Warnock Dyer v. Gary D. Babcock, Director, Oregon Public Defender's Office

942 F.2d 791 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Scott Warnock DYER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary D. BABCOCK, Director, Oregon Public Defender's Office, et al., Respondents-Appellees. No. 90-35900. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 23, 1991. * Decided Aug. 30, 1991. Before BROWNING, SNEED and WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Scott Warnock Dyer, an Oregon state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's (1) denial of a preliminary injunction and (2) dismissal of several defendants and claims in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We affirm the denial of the preliminary injunction and dismiss for lack of jurisdiction Dyer's appeal from the district court's partial dismissal of his action. 3 We reverse a district court's grant or denial of a preliminary injunction only where the court abused its discretion or based its decision on an erroneous legal standard or on clearly erroneous findings of fact. Religious…