Terry Donnell Watson v. Warden

[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 12-11592
Non-Argument Calendar
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D. C. Docket No. 1:12-cv-00216-IPJ-RRA
TERRY DONNELL WATSON,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
WARDEN,
STATE OF ALABAMA,
ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF ALABAMA,
COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,
RONALD CAVANAUGH, Medical Review Officer, individually and
in his official capacity acting “under color of state law,” et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Alabama
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(January 22, 2013)
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Before MARCUS, KRAVITCH, and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Terry Watson, an inmate at the Childersburg Community Work Center in
Alabama, appeals pro se the district court’s denial of his request for a preliminary
injunction to enjoin the current procedures and practices for inmate drug testing
conducted by the Alabama Department of Corrections (“DOC”) and the
implementation of DOC Administrative Regulation #440 (“AR 440"). The district
court did not abuse its discretion in denying the injunction. For background, see
Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 94 S. Ct. 2963, 2982-83, 41 L.Ed 2d 935
(1974). The public’s interest in the administration of a safe prison system, free of
drugs, is great. Besides, Watson failed to show that he would suffer an imminent,
irreparable injury (one not compensable through monetary damages) in the
absence of a preliminary injunction.
AFFIRMED.
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