Lopez v. Cate, No. 1:10-cv-01773-AWI-SKO, 2014 WL 3615480 (E.D. Cal. July 21, 2014)

Key Insight: Court denied motion for preliminary injunction and preservation order, reasoning as to the request for a preservation order that defendants had issued a litigation hold letter and that plaintiff had not shown that such an order was needed due to ?any actual risk that specific evidence will be lost or destroyed during the pendency of this action?

Nature of Case: Civil rights action (pro se prisoner)

Electronic Data Involved: [F]iles and records, including e-files and intact meta data