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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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EUGENE C. BROWN, Case No. 1:19-cv-00352-DAD-EPG (PC)
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Plaintiff, ORDER RESERVING RULING ON AND
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v. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR A
13 PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
C. CHOTHIA, et al.,
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Defendants.
15 RESPONSE TO BE FILED WITHIN 14
DAYS
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Plaintiff, Eugene C. Brown, is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis
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in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants C.
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Chothia, A. Shaw, L, Kempe, C. Jukes, M. Gilmore, J. Walker, M. Crutchfield, K.Z. Allen, D.
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Artis, and C. Patillo acted with deliberate indifference to serious risk of harm to Plaintiff in
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violation of the Eighth Amendment, and that Defendants C. Jukes, M. Londono, and M.
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Crutchfield retaliated against Plaintiff in violation of the First Amendment.
22 Plaintiff has filed a motion requesting a preliminary injunction1 enjoining Defendants
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and others acting in concert with them from performing a forklift tank exchange on the
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CALPIA factory floor in the presence of Plaintiff and the approximately 120 other inmate
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employees who work on the floor (ECF No. 25.) Plaintiff declares that this conduct, which is
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1 See Winter v. Nat. Res. Def. Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 20, 129 S. Ct. 365, 374, 172 L. Ed. 2d 249 (2008)
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merits, that he is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief, that the balance of equities
1 | the same conduct that underlies his complaint, has continued, with the most recent incident
2 | occurring on October 3, 2019, when Defendant C. Chothia exchanged the forklift tank on the
3 | main sewing factory floor, allowing the contents of the tank to leak inside the shop where
4 | Plaintiff and other inmate employees were at work sewing. Plaintiff contends that this conduct
5 | puts Plaintiff's health and safety in jeopardy through exposure to fumes from the tank and the
6 | danger of an explosion.
7 The Court directs Defendants to file a response to the motion within 14 days. Upon
8 | consideration of the response, the undersigned will issue Findings and Recommendations to the
9 | assigned District Judge.
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i T IS SO ORDERED.
12] Dated: _ October 15, 2019 [see ey ——
13 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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