(PC) Smith v. Municipality of Fresno County
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GARY PAUL SMITH, No. 1:19-cv-00651-DAD-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS AND DENYING
MUNICIPALITY OF FRESNO COUNTY, PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS FOR INJUNCTIVE et al., RELIEF 15 Defendants. (Doc. Nos. 8, 11)
17 Plaintiff Gary Paul Smith is a state prisoner appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On June 26, 2019, plaintiff filed a motion for a temporary restraining order to halt restitution payments that he claimed were “illegally ordered” by the Fresno County Superior Court. (Doc. No. 8.) On September 18, 2019, plaintiff filed an “Order to Show Cause for Preliminary Injunction and Temporary Restraining Order,” in which plaintiff requested an order from the court enjoining defendants “to stop taking 55%…