Toby Meagher v. Rodney Prioleau

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

AUG 27 2021

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TOBY MEAGHER, through his Litigation No. 20-35635 Guardian JOSHUA BROTHERS, D.C. No. 2:19-cv-00259-JLR Plaintiff-Appellee,

v. MEMORANDUM*

RODNEY PRIOLEAU, Officer; et al.,

Defendants-Appellants,

and

KING COUNTY; et al.,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington James L. Robart, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 17, 2021 Anchorage, Alaska

Before: RAWLINSON, CHRISTEN, and R. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Plaintiff Toby Meagher was brutally attacked by his cellmate Troy Leae at

the King County Jail (KCJ) and sued KCJ and several jail employees, pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983, arguing they should have protected Meagher from Leae—who

had a long history of unprovoked attacks on staff and detainees. The district court

denied qualified immunity to three individual…