Santoro

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION/TEMPORARY

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

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