Rico

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 27 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JORGE ANDRADE RICO, No. 24-3038 D.C. No. 2:19-cv-01989-KJM-DB Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

MEMORANDUM*

CLARK E. DUCART; JIM ROBERTSON;

D BRADBURY; Associate Warden G. W.

OLSON; B. RAMSEY; TAYLOR

MELTON, Personal Representative,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Kimberly J. Mueller, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted January 22, 2026**

Before: WARDLAW, CLIFTON, and R. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

California state prisoner Jorge Andrade Rico appeals pro se from the district

court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging violations of the

* 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). Eighth Amendment arising from his incarceration at Pelican Bay State Prison. We

have…