Sabien Ruffin v. Charlie Turner et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi denied pro se plaintiff Sabien Ruffin’s motion for a preliminary injunction in an action arising from an attempted eviction from government-subsidized housing. The court held that Ruffin failed to establish the required elements for preliminary injunctive relief and had not provided notice of the motion or prior order to the defendants as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(a).

Holdings

1. Ruffin was not entitled to a preliminary injunction because he failed to clearly establish a substantial likelihood of success on the merits, a substantial threat of irreparable injury, that the balance of harms favored him, and that the injunction would not disserve the public interest.
2. The court could not enter a preliminary injunction because Ruffin had not notified the defendants or provided them with the court's prior order.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Ruffin established the four elements required for a preliminary injunction.
2. Whether the court could issue a preliminary injunction when Ruffin had not provided notice to the defendants as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(a).

Disposition

other