Bey

BACKGROUND

I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

27 On June 7, 2019, Bey filed the underlying Complaint and a motion for a temporary restraining order. [Dkt. No. 2]. On June 17, 2019, Bey filed a pleading entitled “Affidavit of Facts of Jamil Malik Bey in Support of Preliminary Injunction,” in which Bey appears to withdraw his motion for a temporary restraining order because the underlying criminal charges against him were dismissed without prejudice on June 12, 2019. (“Bey’s Affidavit”) [Dkt. No. 11]. I construe this as Bey withdrawing his motion for a temporary restraining order and instead seeking a preliminary injunction. II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND Bey’s Complaint is rambling and difficult to understand, but his claims appear to stem from a dispute regarding his property located in a storage unit owned by Bey’s associate, Marimar Cornejo. Compl. ¶¶ 43, 56. On January 16, 2018, the storage unit company, Public Storage, filed a small claims lawsuit against Cornejo in the San Francisco County Superior Court, seeking to recover unpaid rent and fees or exercise its lien and sell property within the unit to satisfy the debt. …