Foster

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RONALD P. FOSTER,  No. 06-15719 Plaintiff-Appellant, v.  D.C. No.

CV-03-01113-DFL

D.L. RUNNELS,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California David F. Levi, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted December 12, 2008* San Francisco, California

Filed February 5, 2009

Before: Robert E. Cowen,** Sidney R. Thomas and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Cowen

*The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). **The Honorable Robert E. Cowen, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, sitting by designation.

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COUNSEL

Megan R. O’Carroll, Esq., and Constance L. Picciano, Esq., Office of the California Attorney General, Sacramento, Cali- fornia, for the appellee.

Ronald P. Foster, SVSP, Salinas Valley State Prison, Soledad, California, for the appellant, pro se.

OPINION

COWEN, Circuit Judge:

Ronald Foster, pro se, appeals the order of the District…