HERNANDEZ
v.
SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
AI-generated. These summaries, headnotes, and key points are machine-generated and may contain errors or omissions. Always verify against the full opinion text below. Not legal advice.
The court held that the inmate's filing was insufficient for injunctive relief and did not properly initiate a civil rights action.
An inmate filed a document titled 'Restraining Order' seeking to initiate a civil rights action and prevent further harm from prison staff. He alleged…
The full statement of facts, procedural history, and disposition for this case are member content.
Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence© FLexlaw, Inc. — AI-generated enrichments are proprietary. All rights reserved.
Explore caselaw by topic → Browse Substantial Likelihood Of Success On The Merits cases and more on FLexlaw
Injunctive relief, whether in the form of a temporary restraining order or a preliminary injunction, “is an ‘extraordinary and drastic remedy,’ and [the movant] bears the ‘burden of persuasion.’” Wreal, LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc., 840 F. 3d 1244, 1247 (11th Cir. 2016) (quoting Siegel v. LePore, 234 F. 3d 1163,
1176 (11th Cir. 2000)). To demonstrate entitlement to injunctive relief, a movant must show the following four prerequisites: (1) a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; (2) that irreparable injury will be suffered if the relief is not granted; (3) that the threatened injury outweighs the harm the relief would inflict on the non-movant; and (4) that entry of the relief would serve the public interest.
Schiavo ex rel. Schindler v. Schiavo, 403 F. 3d 1223, 1225-26 (11th Cir. 2005). Plaintiff fails to carry his burden demonstrating injunctive relief is warranted. Notably, he has not complied with this Court’s Local Rules, which require that a motion for injunctive relief be supported by a verified complaint or affidavits showing the movant is threatened with irreparable injury,
Moreover, an order granting the relief Plaintiff seeks—essentially, a directive that prison officials not violate his constitutional rights—would not satisfy Rule 65’s specificity requirement. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(d)(1) (requiring an order granting injunctive relief to “state its terms specifically and describe in reasonable detail . . . the act or acts restrained or required” (internal punctuation and numbering omitted)). See also Burton v. City of Belle Glade, 178 F. 3d 1175, 1201 (11th Cir. 1999) (holding the district court “correctly determined that an injunction ordering the City not to discriminate in [the] future . . . would not satisfy the specificity requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure”). Not only is Plaintiff’s filing facially insufficient, to the extent he is attempting to raise claims regarding the conditions of his confinement, he has not properly initiated a civil rights action by filing a complaint using the Court’s standard form. See M.D. Fla. R. 6.04(a) (“A pro se person in custody must use the standard form . . . to file . . . a complaint . . . that alleges a violation of the United States Constitution or other federal law by a government official.”). The Court’s form requires a plaintiff to include detailed information regarding the defendants he intends to sue, his litigation history, a statement of his claims and facts, and the relief he seeks. If Plaintiff chooses to file a civil rights complaint, he may do so using the proper form. For the foregoing reasons, this case will be dismissed without prejudice subject to Plaintiff's right to initiate a civil rights action to address any allegedly unconstitutional conditions of his confinement, if he elects to file one. Accordingly, it is ORDERED: 1. Plaintiff's request for a restraining order (Doc. 1) is DENIED.
2. This case is DISMISSED without prejudice.
3. The Clerk shall enter judgment dismissing this case without prejudice, terminate any pending motions, and close the file. 4, The Clerk shall send Plaintiff a civil rights complaint form. If Plaintiff chooses to initiate a new case by filing a new complaint, he should not put this case number on the form because the Clerk will assign a new case number upon receipt. DONE AND ORDERED at Jacksonville, Florida, this Ist day of November 2022.
Zh. WS - i) Aanue | CAcrnaa
United States District Judge
Jax-6 c: William Hernandez
Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus
Citator
Authorities Cited
- Ned L. Siegel v. Lepore, 234 F.3d 1163 (11th Cir. 2000)
- Schiavo v. Schiavo, 403 F.3d 1223 (11th Cir. 2005)
- Burton v. City OF Belle Glade, 178 F.3d 1175 (11th Cir. 1999)
- Wreal, LLC v. AMAZON.COM, Inc., 840 F.3d 1244 (11th Cir. 2016)