PETER MCDANIELS V. BELINDA STEWART, No. 17-35275 (9th Cir. 2017)

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED OCT 26 2017 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT PETER J. McDANIELS, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS No. 17-35275 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:15-cv-05943-BHSDWC v. BELINDA STEWART, Religious Programs Manager; et al., MEMORANDUM* Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Benjamin H. Settle, District Judge, Presiding Submitted October 23, 2017** Before: McKEOWN, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges. Washington state prisoner Peter J. McDaniels appeals pro se from the district court’s order denying his motion for a preliminary injunction in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging constitutional and statutory violations arising from allegedly inadequate Halal meals. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a). * 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). We review for an abuse of discretion. 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 McDaniels’s third motion for mandatory preliminary injunctive relief because McDaniels failed to establish that absent such relief he is likely to suffer irreparable harm. See id. (setting forth standard for issuance of preliminary injunction); Park Vill. Apartment Tenants Ass’n v. Mortimer Howard Trust, 636 F.3d 1150, 1160 (9th Cir. 2011) (stating that mandatory injunctions are not generally granted “unless extreme or very serious damage will result” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)). To the extent that McDaniels challenges any other orders, we lack jurisdiction to consider them in this appeal. See 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1) (court has jurisdiction to review on an interlocutory basis the district court’s denial of injunctive relief); see also 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (generally, court has jurisdiction over appeals from final decisions of the district court only); Chacon v. Babcock, 640 F.2d 221, 222 (9th Cir. 1981) (absent certification under Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b), an order is not appealable unless it disposes of all claims as to all parties or judgment is entered). We reject as without merit McDaniels’s contention that the district court abused its discretion by imposing page limits on McDaniels’s filings. We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued 2 17-35275 in 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). McDaniels’s motion to include new evidence on appeal (Docket Entry No. 4) is denied. AFFIRMED. 3 17-35275

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