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616 F. App'x 273

Robert Benge v. Charles Ryan

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided September 4, 2015

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U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2015-09-04

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1292

Relies on Lewis Director Arizona Department of Corrections v. Casey · Padgett v. Wright · Toguchi v. Soon Hwang Chung

Decided 2015-09-04

¶1 MEMORANDUM

¶2 Arizona state prisoner Robert Joseph Benge appeals pro se from the district court’s order denying his motions for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a). We review for an abuse of discretion, Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Cottrell, 632 F.3d 1127, 1131 (9th Cir.2011), and we affirm.

¶3 The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Benge’s requests for injunctive relief after concluding that, on the record before it, Benge did not establish a likelihood that he would succeed on his deliberate indifference claims, or establish any actual injury arising from the alleged interference with legal photocopies. See Planned Parenthood Ariz., Inc. v. Humble, 753 F.3d 905, 911 (9th Cir.2014) (plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction must establish, among other things, that he is likely to succeed on the merits); see also Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 348-49, 116 S.Ct. 2174, 135 L.Ed.2d 606 (1996) (actual injury requirement); Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1057-60 (9th Cir. 2004) (deliberate indifference is a high legal standard; medical malpractice, negli *274 gence, or a difference of opinion regarding the course of treatment is not sufficient).

¶4 The district court did not abuse its discretion when it denied Benge’s motion to appoint an expert because the request for injunctive relief was not so complex as to require an expert. See Walker v. Am. Home Shield Long Term Disability Plan, 180 F.3d 1065, 1071 (9th Cir.1999) (standard of review).

¶5 We do not consider arguments and allegations raised for the first time in the reply brief. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n. 2 (9th Cir.2009) (per curiam).

¶6 AFFIRMED.

¶7 This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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