Terry Donnell Watson v. Warden, No. 12-11592 (11th Cir. 2013)

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Case: 12-11592 Date Filed: 01/22/2013 Page: 1 of 2 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _____________________________ No. 12-11592 Non-Argument Calendar _____________________________ 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. _________________________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama _________________________________________ (January 22, 2013) Case: 12-11592 Date Filed: 01/22/2013 Page: 2 of 2 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. 2

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