Opinion
12-CV-05359 (CBA) (LB)
11-06-2012
DANIELLE BITTON, Plaintiff, v. SIMON CHITRID, et al., Defendants.
NOT FOR PRINT OR ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
AMON, Chief United States District Judge.
Plaintiff Danielle Bitton, appearing pro se, commenced this action on October 24, 2012, alleging, inter alia, that "my family's identities have been illegally used by both foreign & domestic Governments on how to sabotage and violate our identities, and our human rights." (DE #1.) She requests an order to show cause for a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order seeking, inter alia, to prevent defendants from "funding of crimes against humanity from the Bank of Israel to the Bank of England," and the "immediately release [of Bitton's] family from illegal detention/concentration camp/to give back our identities that FBI . . . illegally stole . . . ." (DE #4.)
"A preliminary injunction is an extraordinary remedy never awarded as of right." Winter v. Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 24 (2008). "A plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction must establish that he is likely to succeed on the merits, that he is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief, that the balance of equities tips in his favor, and that an injunction is in the public interest." Id. at 20. Bitton has neither demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits nor made a showing of immediate or irreparable harm. Accordingly, her request for an order to show cause is denied.
SO ORDERED. Dated: Brooklyn, New York
Date: November 6, 2012
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Carol Bagley Amon
Chief United States District Judge