Ronald Buzzard, Jr. v. Jack Warner

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE RONALD BUZZARD, JR., CASE NO. 2:25-cv-01581-DGE Petitioner, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 12 v. EMERGENCY INJUNCTION (DKT. NO. 14) 13 JACK WARNER, 14 Respondent.

16 Before the Court is Petitioner’s motion for an emergency injunction requiring Respondent to return his Securus Tablet, which was taken away by the Washington Department of Corrections as a punishment on November 18, 2025.1 (Dkt. No. 14.) Petitioner contends he has all his “legal work, research, briefs, motions, etc.” on the tablet. (Id. at 1.) Petitioner asserts Petitioner also requests an extension of time to file objections to the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) issued by United States Magistrate Judge David W. Christel. (Dkt.

No. 14 at 3.) Petitioner’s motion is dated November 19, 2025, the day before the Court issued an order (Dkt. No. 13) granting Petitioner’s previous motion for an extension of time to object to the R&R. prison staff took away his tablet in retaliation for Petitioner’s exercise of his constitutional rights.

2 (Id.) 3 To obtain a preliminary injunction, a movant must establish, among other things, that “he is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief.” Winter v. NRDC, 555 5 U.S. 7, 20 (2008). “A request for injunctive relief remains live only so long as there is some present harm left to enjoin.” Bayer v. Neiman Marcus Grp., Inc., 861 F.3d 853, 864 (9th Cir. 2017) (quoting Taylor v. Resolution Trust Corp., 56 F.3d 1497, 1502 (D.C. Cir. 1995)). A preliminary injunction becomes moot once the movant has “obtained the relief he sought.”

9 Hogue v. Yordy, 796 F. App'x 955, 955 (9th Cir. 2020) (citing id.).

10 The sanction imposed on Petitioner is set to end tomorrow, November 25, 2025, and his tablet will be returned at 5:00 P.M. on that day. (Dkt. No. 14 at 6.) Any alleged harm will end at that time and Petitioner’s motion for an emergency injunction will be moot. Petitioner’s objections to the R&R are currently due on December 1, 2025. (Dkt. No. 13.) To compensate for the seven days Petitioner was without his tablet, the Court will extend Petitioner’s deadline to file objections to the R&R to December 8, 2025. Petitioner, of course, is welcome to file his objections sooner than December 8, 2025 if he wishes.

17 Accordingly, Petitioner’s motion for an emergency injunction (Dkt. No. 14) and Petitioner’s motion to expedite (Dkt. No. 15) are DENIED.

19 Dated this 24th day of November, 2025.

A David G. Estudillo 22 United States District Judge