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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA DARONTA T. LEWIS, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00596-AWI-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS v. ) RECOMMENDING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION BE DENIED

DR. G. UGWUEZE, et al., ) ) (ECF No. 103) ) Defendants. ) )

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 a preliminary injunction, filed October 12, 2021. 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 positions until the merits of the action are ultimately determined. University of Texas v. Camenisch, 451 U.S. 390, 395 (1981). “A plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction [or 22 …