David Wilson v. Director of Adult Institutions

MEMORANDUM

California state prisoner David Wayne Wilson appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing without prejudice his constitutional and statutory claims stemming from his inability to watch educational programming on television while housed in administrative segregation. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s decision to dismiss Wilson’s complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, Ramirez v. Galaza, 334 F.3d 850, 853 (9th Cir.2003), and we affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Wilson’s Eighth Amendment claim because the lack of educational television programs, standing alone, does not amount to deliberate indifference. See Hoptowit v. Ray, 682 F.2d 1237, 1254 (9th Cir.1982) (“Idleness and the lack of programs are not Eighth Amendment violations.”), abrogated on other grounds by Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472 , 115 S.Ct. 2293 , 132 L.Ed.2d 418 (1995).

The district court also properly dismissed Wilson’s claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the Rehabilitation Act (“RA”). Wilson failed to allege that he was denied access to educational programming because of a disability or that he was unable…