Eric Townsel v. Ken Quinn

MEMORANDUM

Washington state prisoner Eric R. Townsel appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that prison officials failed to maintain safe conditions in the shower area and were deliberately indifferent to his resulting medical needs. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo. John Doe 1 v. Abbott Labs., 571 F.3d 930, 933 (9th Cir.2009), and we affirm.

The district court properly determined that the allegations in Townsel’s complaint failed to demonstrate that prison officials’ conduct in maintaining the prison shower area violated the Eighth Amendment. See Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 847 , 114 S.Ct. 1970 , 128 L.Ed.2d 811 (1994) (requiring a successful Eighth Amendment claim based on inhumane conditions of confinement to show that prison officials knew of a substantial risk of serious harm and failed to take reasonable measures to avoid the harm); Jackson v. Arizona, 885 F.2d 639, 641 (9th Cir.1989) (explaining that allegations describing slippery prison floors, without more, “do not state even an arguable claim for cruel and unusual punishment”), superceded by statute on other grounds as…