Ugwueze

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARONTA T. LEWIS, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00596-AWI-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION v. ) RECOMMENDING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR DELIVERY OF HIS LITIGATION

DR. G. UGWUEZE, et al., ) PROPERTY BE DENIED ) Defendants. ) (ECF No. 34) ) ) ) )

Plaintiff Daronta T. Lewis is proceeding 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 delivery of his litigation property, filed October 22, 2020. The Court construes Plaintiff’s motion as a request for a preliminary injunction. I. LEGAL STANDARD 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 the…