Gomez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FRANCISCO MERINO, No. 2: 21-cv-0572 KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

GOMEZ, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court are plaintiff’s motions requesting to be transferred to a different prison. (ECF Nos. 11, 13.) The undersigned construes these motions as requests for injunctive relief. For the reasons stated herein, the undersigned recommends that plaintiff’s motions for injunctive relief be denied. Legal Standard for Injunctive Relief “The proper legal standard for preliminary injunctive relief requires a party to demonstrate ‘that he is likely to succeed on the merits, that he is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief, that the balance of equities tips in his favor, and that an injunction is in the public interest.’” Stormans,…