Matthew Dennis v. Scott Kernan;

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MATTHEW DENNIS,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
SCOTT KERNAN; et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
No. 20-16392
D.C. No. 2:16-cv-00542-JAM-AC
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California
John A. Mendez, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted January 20, 2021**
Before: McKEOWN, CALLAHAN, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.
California state prisoner Matthew Dennis appeals pro se from the district
court’s order denying his motion for preliminary injunctive relief in his 42 U.S.C.
§ 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. We
have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a). We review for an abuse of discretion.
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED
JAN 28 2021
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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Jackson v. City & County of San Francisco, 746 F.3d 953, 958 (9th Cir. 2014).
We affirm.
The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Dennis’s request
for mandatory injunctive relief seeking increased pain medication, treatment for his
hepatitis, and magnetic resonance imaging tests because Dennis failed to establish
that he is likely to succeed on the merits of his claims alleging deliberate
indifference to his medical needs. See id. (plaintiff seeking preliminary injunction
must establish that he is likely to succeed on the merits, he is likely to suffer
irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief, the balance of equities tips in
his favor, and an injunction is in the public interest); Park Village Apartment
Tenants Ass’n v. Mortimer Howard Trust, 636 F.3d 1150, 1160 (9th Cir. 2011)
(mandatory injunctions are not generally granted unless “extreme or very serious
damage will result” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); Toguchi v.
Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1058-60 (9th Cir. 2004) (deliberate indifference is a high
legal standard; medical malpractice, negligence, or a difference of opinion
concerning the course of treatment does not amount to deliberate indifference).
We lack jurisdiction to review the district court’s dismissal of certain
defendants from this action and the denial of Dennis’s motion to further amend or
supplement his complaint.
We do not consider issues not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in

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the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised for the first time on appeal.
See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).
The Clerk shall file the reply brief received on November 16, 2020 (Docket
Entry No. 22).
Dennis’s motion for judicial notice set forth in his opening brief is denied.
All other pending motions are denied as moot.
AFFIRMED.

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