Stephen Cherry v. Dewayne Shedd

MEMORANDUM

Idaho state prisoner Stephen A. Cherry appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1988 action. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s dismissal for failure to state a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Silva v. Di Vittorio, 658 F.3d 1090, 1101 (9th Cir. 2011). We affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand.

The district court properly dismissed Cherry’s Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment claims against all defendants because the allegations in his complaint failed to state a claim for relief under those constitutional provisions. See Hudson v. Palmer, 468 U.S. 517, 526 , 104 S.Ct. 3194 , 82 L.Ed.2d 393 (1984) (“[T]he Fourth Amendment proscription against unreasonable searches does not apply within the confines of the prison cell.”); Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 833-34, 837 , 114 S.Ct. 1970 , 128 L.Ed.2d 811 (1994) (setting forth elements of Eighth Amendment claim); N. Pacifica LLC v. City of Pacifica, 526 F.3d 478, 486 (9th Cir.2008) (setting forth elements of equal protection claim); see also Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386, 395 , 109 S.Ct. 1865 , 104 L.Ed.2d 443 (1989) (where a…