Shittu

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10

11 RICHARD A. EVANS, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-01317-DAD-SAB (PC) ) 12 Plaintiff, ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION 13 v. ) RECOMMENDING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR RELEASE BE DENIED

14 ADEKUNIE SHITTU, et al., ) ) (ECF No. 16) 15 Defendants. ) ) 16 ) ) 17 )

18 Plaintiff Richard A. Evans is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 19 § 1983. 20 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for compassionate release, filed October 27, 21 2020. The Court construes Plaintiff’s motion as a request for preliminary injunction. 22 I. 23 LEGAL STANDARD 24 The purpose of a temporary restraining order or a preliminary injunction is to preserve the 25 status quo if the balance of equities so heavily favors the moving party that justice requires the court to 26 intervene to secure the positions until the merits of…