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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        JUN 11 2020
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

STEVEN DARBY McDONALD,                          No.    19-35246

                Plaintiff-Appellant,            D.C. No. 3:17-cv-05013-RBL-
                                                DWC
 v.

KENNETH LAUREN, M.D., Medical                   MEMORANDUM*
Director, MCC/WSR; et al.,

                Defendants-Appellees.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                     for the Western District of Washington
                   Ronald B. Leighton, District Judge, Presiding

                             Submitted June 2, 2020**

Before:      LEAVY, PAEZ, and BENNETT, Circuit Judges.

      Washington state prisoner Steven Darby McDonald 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 deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs.

We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1). We review for an abuse of

      *
             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).
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 McDonald’s

motion for a preliminary injunction because McDonald failed to demonstrate that

such relief is warranted. See id. (plaintiff seeking preliminary injunction must

establish that he is likely to succeed on the merits, he is likely to suffer irreparable

harm in the absence of preliminary relief, the balance of equities tips in his favor,

and an injunction is in the public interest).

      The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying McDonald’s

motion to amend or make additional factual findings because McDonald failed to

demonstrate any basis for such relief. See Far Out Prods., Inc. v. Oskar, 247 F.3d

986, 998 (9th Cir. 2001) (standard of review and grounds for relief under Fed. R.

Civ. P. 52(b)).

      The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying McDonald’s

motion for supplemental briefing. See Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975

F.2d 604, 607 (9th Cir. 1992) (district court has broad discretion to manage its

docket).

      To the extent that McDonald seeks to challenge other interlocutory orders of

the district court, we lack jurisdiction to consider them in this appeal. See Nat’l

Wildlife Fed’n v. Nat’l Marine Fisheries Serv., 886 F.3d 803, 825 (9th Cir. 2018)

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(“Orders relating to discovery . . . are orders that regulate the conduct of litigation

and are not appealable under § 1292(a)(1).”).

      We reject as without merit McDonald’s contentions that the district court

was biased, and that he was entitled to a hearing on his motion for a preliminary

injunction.

      We do not consider McDonald’s renewed request for appointment of

counsel set forth in his opening brief. In Docket Entry No. 39, this court denied

McDonald’s motion for appointment of counsel and ordered that no motions for

reconsideration, clarification, or modification of the denial shall be filed or

entertained.

      McDonald’s pending motions (Docket Entry Nos. 46, 47, and 52) are

denied.

      AFFIRMED.

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