Harold Edwards v. William Hutchings

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 17 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

HAROLD EDWARDS, No. 22-16738

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-01634-GMN-DJA v.

WILLIAM HUTCHINGS, Warden, SDCC; MEMORANDUM* CHARLES DANIELS, Director, NDOC,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Gloria M. Navarro, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 5, 2025 Las Vegas, Nevada

Before: RAWLINSON, MILLER, and DESAI, Circuit Judges. Dissent by Judge DESAI.

Harold Edwards, a state inmate, sued two Nevada prison officials under

U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the officials violated his rights under the Eighth

Amendment by housing him in a prison cell that lacked a fire suppression system.

He sought damages, injunctive relief, and declaratory relief. The district court

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. granted summary judgment to the defendants, and Edwards appeals. We…