Whittier Buchanan v. Gregory Ahern

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SEP 22 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WHITTIER B. BUCHANAN, No. 20-16066

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:17-cv-05167-WHA

v.

MEMORANDUM*

GREGORY J. AHERN; et al.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California William Alsup, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted September 14, 2021**

Before: PAEZ, NGUYEN, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

Whittier B. Buchanan appeals pro se from the district court’s summary

judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging violations of the First and

Fourteenth Amendments while he was a pretrial detainee. We have jurisdiction

under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Gordon v. County of Orange, 888

* 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). F.3d 1118, 1122 (9th Cir. 2018). We affirm.

The district…