Santoro

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

11 MELVIN R. ARRANT, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-01253-DAD-SAB (PC) ) 12 Plaintiff, ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION 13 v. ) RECOMMENDING PLAINTIFF’S FOR

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION/TEMPORARY

14 KELLY SANTORO, et al., ) RESTRAINING ORDER BE DENIED ) 15 Defendants. ) (ECF No. 2) ) 16 ) ) 17 )

18 Plaintiff Melvin R. Arrant is proceeding pro se and in forma pauepris in this civil rights action 19 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 20 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction and/or temporary 21 restraining order, filed September 3, 2020. (ECF No. 2.) 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…