Protect Lake Pleasant LLC v. Johnson

MEMORANDUM **

*858 Protect Lake Pleasant LLC, Pensus Group LLC, David Male-Ffinch, and Michael Viscuis (collectively, “Protect Lake Pleasant”) appeal from the district court’s order denying Protect Lake Pleasant’s request for a preliminary injunction against the United States Bureau of Reclamation (“Reclamation”). We affirm. Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural history of this case, we will not recount it here.

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“A district court’s order with respect to preliminary injunctive relief is subject to limited review and will be reversed only if the district court ‘abused its discretion or based its decision on an erroneous legal standard or on clearly erroneous findings of fact.’ ” Save Our Sonoran, Inc. v. Flowers, 408 F.3d 1113, 1120-21 (9th Cir. 2005) (quoting United States v. Peninsula Communications, Inc., 287 F.3d 832, 839 (9th Cir.2002)).

“The standard for granting a preliminary injunction balances the plaintiffs likelihood of success against the relative hardship to the parties.” Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles, 340 F.3d 810, 813 (9th Cir.2003). We have described two sets of criteria for preliminary injunctive relief. Under…