Lorman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LISA MARIE BELYEW, No. 2:17-cv-00723-DJC-CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER LARRY LORMAN, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff has filed a request for a restraining order against the “California Department of Corrections Medical” based on their refusal to permit Plaintiff to access her legal documents as she has refused to take a COVID-19 test. (ECF No. 112.) To prevail on such a request, the moving party must show that “[s]he is likely to succeed on the merits, that [s]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.” Winter v. Natural Res. Def. Council, 555 U.S. 7, 20 (2008). Under Winter, the proper test requires a party to demonstrate: (1) she is likely to succeed on the merits; (2) she is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of an 26 1 As the motion does not seek injunctive relief against Defendant…