Weldeyohannes

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MUSSIE E. WELDEYOHANNES, No. 24-3821 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 3:23-cv-05526-

JCC-BAT

v.

STATE OF WASHINGTON; JOHN

LEE, Sergeant, Washington OPINION Corrections Center; OLSON-WARD, Nurse, Washington Corrections Center; STEPHEN VERES, AKA Veres; UNKNOWN OFFICERS, Correctional Officer, Washington Corrections Center; KYLE GONTHIER, WCC - Sgt; KEITH

MALONE, WCC - C/O; JEFFREY

HOWARD, WCC - C/O; JORDAN

BALETO, WCC - C/O; ADAM LEE,

WCC - C/O; WASHINGTON

CORRECTIONS CENTER,

Department of Corrections Agency,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington John C. Coughenour, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted September 17, 2025 Seattle, Washington

Filed December 19, 2025

Before: William A. Fletcher, Ronald M. Gould, and Ana de Alba, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Gould

SUMMARY *

Prisoner Civil Rights

The panel reversed the district court’s summary judgment for prison officials based on qualified immunity, and remanded, in an action brought by a Washington state prisoner regarding…