Marcus Williams v. Derral Adams

MEMORANDUM

Marcus Williams filed this damages action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that restrictions on his opportunities for out-of-cell exercise while he was incarcerated at ■the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (“CSATF”) violated the Eighth Amendment. Williams now appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant correctional officials. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

1. We review the district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo. Lemire v. Cal. Dep’t of Corr. & Rehab., 726 F.3d 1062, 1074 (9th Cir.2013). ‘We must determine ‘whether, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the non-moving party, there are genuine issues of material fact and whether the district court correctly applied the relevant substantive law.’ ” Id. (quoting Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1131 (9th Cir.2000) (en bane)).

2. To prevail on his Eighth Amendment claim, Williams must show that (1) as an objective matter, Appellees’ acts or omissions deprived him of “the minimal civilized measure of life’s necessities”; and (2) in causing the deprivation, Appellees subjectively acted with “deliberate…