(PC) Wallace v. California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM JAMES WALLACE, II, Case No. 1:20-cv-00905-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO DENY PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

v. TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND (Doc. 4) REHABILITATION, et al., 14-DAY DEADLINE Defendants. Clerk of the Court to Assign a District Judge 17 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction. (Doc. 4.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court recommends that Plaintiff’s motion be denied. I. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION a. Factual Allegations1 Plaintiff suffers from a nonunion fracture of his left medial malleolus, which causes his toes to curl inward and affects his ability to walk. (Doc. 4 at 2, 11-13.) In December 2018, and again in April 2019, orthopedic surgeons recommended corrective surgery. (Id.) Plaintiff’s condition has deteriorated to the point…