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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 17 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PATRICK L. RICHARDSON, No. 24-1247 D.C. No. 2:20-cv-08030-HDV-JC Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

MEMORANDUM*

RALPH DIAZ, Secretary and Director of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, individual and official capacity; et al.,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Hernan Diego Vera, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted November 12, 2025**

Before: SCHROEDER, RAWLINSON, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

California state prisoner Patrick L. Richardson appeals pro se from the

district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate

* 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). indifference and retaliation. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We

review de…