(PC) Beaton v. Valley State Prison
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
11 PAUL NIVARD BEATON, CASE NO. 1:20-cv-0005 NONE JLT (PC)
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Plaintiff, TO DENY PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR A
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
14 v. (Doc. 21.) SERGEANT D. MILLER, et al., FOURTEEN-DAY DEADLINE Defendants. 18 Plaintiff moves for a temporary restraining order barring officials at Valley State Prison in Coachella, California from transferring him to another institution, which plaintiff contends is in retaliation for this pending civil rights action. (Doc. 21.) The analysis for a temporary restraining order is substantially identical to that for a preliminary injunction. Stuhlbarg Intern. Sales Co., Inc. v. John D. Brush and Co., Inc., 240 F.3d 832, 839 n.7 (9th Cir. 2001). A preliminary injunction should not issue unless necessary to prevent threatened injury that would impair the court’s ability to grant effective relief in a pending action. “A…