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1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 RAYMOND ALFORD BRADFORD, ) Case No.: 1:17-cv-01128-SAB (PC) ) 9 Plaintiff, ) 10 v. ) ) O MR OD TE IOR N D FE ON RY I EN MG E P RL GA EI NN CT YIF F R’ ES L S IEE FC OND

11 C. OGBUEHI, et al. ) (ECF No. 87) ) 12 Defendants. ) ) 13 )

14 Plaintiff Raymond Alford Bradford is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis 15 in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 16 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s second motion for emergency relief, filed on October 17 15, 2020. 18 I. 19 DISCUSSION 20 The purpose of a temporary restraining order or a preliminary injunction is to preserve the 21 status quo if the balance of equities so heavily favors the moving party that justice requires the court to 22 intervene to secure the positions until the merits of the action are ultimately determined. University of 23 Texas v. Camenisch, 451…