(PC) Gradford v. Stanislaus Public Safety Center

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM GRADFORD, 1:17-cv-01248-DAD-GSA PC Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

RECOMMENDING THAT PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY

INJUNCTIVE RELIEF BE DENIED

STANISLAUS PUBLIC SAFETY (ECF No. 39.) CENTER, et al., OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE IN 14 DAYS Defendants. 16 I. BACKGROUND William Gradford (“Plaintiff”) is a former prisoner proceeding pro se with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action on September 18, 2017. (ECF No. 1.) On March 25, 2020, Plaintiff filed an “emergency notice” to the court, which the court construes as a motion for preliminary injunctive relief. (ECF No. 39.) II. PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF “A plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction must establish that he is likely to succeed on the merits, that he is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief, that the balance of equities tips in his…