Howard

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 2 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

REGINALD C. HOWARD, No. 24-400 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 3:20-cv-00588-ART-CSD v. MEMORANDUM*

WILLIAM L. GITTERE; DAVID

DRUMMOND; JESSE COX; MATHEW

NORIEGA; MIGUEL ESCAMILLA;

KELVIN CHUNG; CURTIS KERNER,

Defendants - Appellants,

and

KERCHEN, MALLINGER,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Anne R. Traum, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 20, 2025 San Francisco, California

Before: BERZON, FRIEDLAND, and MENDOZA, Circuit Judges.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Plaintiff-Appellee Reginald Howard filed a handwritten complaint against

prison officials, asserting claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of the

Eighth Amendment. Defendants-Appellants appeal the district court’s denial of

their motion to dismiss based on qualified immunity. We…