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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RONDEL DELBERT GARDNER, ) Case No. 1:20-cv-00240-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO v. ) RANDOMLY ASSIGN A DISTRICT JUDGE TO

THIS ACTION

GAVIN NEWSOM, et.al., ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants. ) RECOMMENDING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ) A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER BE ) DENIED ) ) (ECF No. 34)

Plaintiff Rondel Delbert Gardner is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for a restraining order and/or preliminary injunction, filed April 21, 2020. I. DISCUSSION The purpose of a temporary restraining order or a preliminary injunction is to preserve the status quo if the balance of equities so heavily favors the moving party that justice requires…