Gipson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICHARD ARMENTA, No. 2:22-cv-00737-WBS-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CONNIE GIPSON, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. ECF No. 1. He has filed a motion for a temporary restraining order directing prison officials to provide him with safe housing and to prohibit them from housing plaintiff in certain prison yards. ECF No. 24. CDCR has made a special appearance to oppose the motion. ECF No. 25. For the reasons that follow, the motion must be denied. I. Background Plaintiff alleges that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, under the leadership of defendant Connie Gipson, has failed to implement a policy regarding the placement of inmates who, like plaintiff, have dropped out of a special needs yard (SNY) gang and thus face retaliation from the gang if they continue to be housed on SNY…