Case Name: Edward ZIMBELMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN NEVADA REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY and John HILL, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-07-18
Citations: 583 F. App'x 704
Docket Number: No. 13-17479
Parties: Edward ZIMBELMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN NEVADA REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY and John HILL, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: N.R. SMITH and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges, and PIERSOL, Senior District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 583
Pages: 704–705

Head Matter:
Edward ZIMBELMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN NEVADA REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY and John HILL, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 13-17479.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted July 10, 2014.
Filed July 18, 2014.
Ina Kristine Bergstrom, Esquire, Senior, Teri Nicole Vela, Nevada Legal Services, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Theodore Parker, III, Esquire, LAS VEGAS, NV, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: N.R. SMITH and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges, and PIERSOL, Senior District Judge.
The Honorable Lawrence L. Piersol, Senior District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Edward Zimbelman is a convicted sex offender subject to a lifetime registration requirement. He disclosed this fact on his application to federally-assisted housing and was admitted. The housing authority is now trying to evict Zimbelman because he is a registered sex offender. Zimbel-man sued the housing authority under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and asked the district court to preliminarily enjoin the housing authority from evicting him. The district court refused, and Zimbelman appeals. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1), and we review the district court's decision for abuse of discretion. See Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., 508 F.3d 1146, 1157 (9th Cir.2007).
"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." Winter v. Natural Res. Def. Council, 555 U.S. 7, 20, 129 S.Ct. 365, 172 L.Ed.2d 249 (2008).
Federal law prohibits an owner of federally-assisted housing from renting to convicted sex offenders who are. subject to lifetime registration requirements. 42 U.S.C. § 13663(a). The parties' lease contract also prohibits convicted sex offenders who are subject to registration requirements from renting in Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority's facility. For this reason, Zimbelman is unlikely to succeed on the merits of his claim. We recognize that Zimbelman may face significant hardship if he is evicted. We also recognize that § 13663(a) seeks to protect the other residents of federally-assisted housing and to fairly allocate limited rental spots. Having analyzed all of the Winter factors, we conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to grant a preliminary injunction.
The district court's ruling is AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.