Menefield

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 24 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JAMES W. MENEFIELD, No. 23-2108

Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 2:23-cv-03812-PA-E

v.

MEMORANDUM*

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITATION; CONNIE

GIPSON; JOSIE GASTELO, Former Warden of California Men's Colony,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Percy Anderson, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted April 24, 2025**

Before: WALLACE, O’SCANNLAIN, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

California state prisoner James W. Menefield appeals pro se from the district

court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that defendant

* 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). prison officials failed to protect him from COVID-19. We have jurisdiction…