Rhodes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KAVIN MAURICE RHODES, Case No. 20-cv-03128-PJH

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR AN

v. INJUNCTION

D. FORD, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 81 Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, proceeds with a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The court recently granted in part defendants’ motion for summary judgment on exhaustion grounds. Several defendants and claims were dismissed, and the court is waiting for a dispositive motion on the merits from the remaining defendants. Presently pending is plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order. A temporary restraining order preserves the status quo and prevents irreparable harm until a hearing can be held on a preliminary injunction application. See Granny Goose Foods, Inc. v. Brotherhood of Teamsters & Auto Truck Drivers, 415 U.S. 423, 439 (1974). A temporary restraining order is an “extraordinary remedy” that the court should…