RODRIGUEZ v. CAIN (2021)

MEMORANDUM **

Oregon state prisoner Jonathan Jason Rodriguez appeals pro se from the district court's order denying his third motion for a preliminary injunction in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging various constitutional claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1). We review for an abuse of discretion. Jackson v. City & County of San Francisco, 746 F.3d 953, 958 (9th Cir. 2014). We affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Rodriguez's third motion for a preliminary injunction because Rodriguez failed to establish that he was likely to suffer irreparable harm. See Boardman v. Pac. Seafood Grp., 822 F.3d 1011, 1022 (9th Cir. 2016) (explaining that “a plaintiff must demonstrate immediate threatened injury as a prerequisite to preliminary injunctive relief”; “[s]peculative injury does not constitute irreparable injury sufficient” to obtain a preliminary injunction (alteration in original, citation and internal quotation marks omitted)). In addition, Rodriguez's third motion for a preliminary injunction contained allegations concerning a nonparty officer. See Zepeda v. U.S. INS, 753 F.2d 719, 727 (9th Cir. 1983) (explaining that the scope of an injunction is limited to the parties in the action).

Rodriguez's motion for an injunction, set forth in the opening brief, is denied.

AFFIRMED.