Brandon Meeks v. A. Nunez

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SEP 3 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BRANDON MEEKS, No. 17-55364

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:13-cv-00973-GPC-BGS v.

A. NUNEZ, Correctional Officer; T. MEMORANDUM*

SCOTT, Correctional Officer; J. WILBURN, Correctional Sergeant; M. ESTRADA, Registered Nurse;

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITATION,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Gonzalo P. Curiel, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 31, 2021 Pasadena, California

Before: IKUTA, BENNETT, and R. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Appellant Brandon Meeks asks us to reverse the district court’s imposition

of terminating sanctions and the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Exercising our jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we hold that the district court

acted within its discretion by…