Gary Meeks v. J Parsons

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAY 16 2011

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GARY B. MEEKS, No. 10-15612

Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 1:03-cv-06700-OWW-

GSA

v.

JOHN PARSONS, MEMORANDUM *

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Oliver W. Wanger, Senior District Judge, Presiding

Submitted May 11, 2011 ** San Francisco, California

Before: GOULD and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges, and GERTNER, District Judge.***

After suffering a serious jaw injury, former Centinela State Prison inmate

Gary Meeks brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against John Parsons, the prison

* 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).

*** The Honorable Nancy Gertner, United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, sitting by…