CLARK AS TRUSTEE OF CLARK REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST v. LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST (2021)

MEMORANDUM **

Richard W. Clark appeals pro se from the district court's order denying his motions for a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) and preliminary injunction in his diversity action arising from a foreclosure proceeding. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1) over the denial of the preliminary injunction. We review for an abuse of discretion. Jackson v. City & County of San Francisco, 746 F.3d 953, 958 (9th Cir. 2014). We vacate and remand.

The district court denied Clark's motions for injunctive relief because “plaintiff has failed to show a requisite likelihood of success on the merits,” without further explanation. Although the docket entry states “Formal Opinion to follow,” none did. We vacate and remand for the district court to make findings on its ruling.

We lack jurisdiction over the district court's order denying Clark's second emergency motion for a TRO and motion to postpone sale because it did not amount to the denial of a preliminary injunction. See Religious Tech. Ctr., Church of Scientology Int'l, Inc. v. Scott, 869 F.2d 1306, 1308 (9th Cir. 1989) (explaining that an appeal ordinarily “does not lie from the denial of an application for a temporary restraining order” because such appeals are considered “premature,” and that a district court's order denying an application for a TRO is reviewable on appeal only if the order is tantamount to the denial of a preliminary injunction).

The parties will bear their own costs on appeal.

VACATED and REMANDED.