Kenneth Reed v. Corizon Health Incorporated

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED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

KENNETH W. REED, Nos. 18-17123 20-15571 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 4:15-cv-00470-RCC v.

CORIZON, LLC, entity under contract to the State of Arizona; et al.,

Defendants-Appellees,

and

B. JOHNSTON; UNKNOWN PARTY,

named as Pat Doe (fictitiously named), an administrator for Corizon LLC at ASPC Tucson,

Defendants.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Raner C. Collins, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted September 14, 2021**

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

** The panel unanimously concludes these cases are suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). In these consolidated appeals, Arizona state prisoner Kenneth W. Reed

appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983

action alleging deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. We have

jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion the

district court’s…