Lausteveion Johnson v. James Dzurenda

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 3 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LAUSTEVEION DELANO JOHNSON, No. 20-17280

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:19-cv-00232-MMD-NJK v.

JAMES DZURENDA; et al., MEMORANDUM*

Defendants-Appellants,

and

SOUTHERN DESERT CORRECTIONAL

CENTER; et al.,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Miranda M. Du, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 18, 2021 San Francisco, California

Before: PAEZ, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Page 2 of

Defendants James Dzurenda, Brian Williams, and James Cox appeal from

the district court’s denial of their motion for summary judgment on plaintiff

Lausteveion Johnson’s Eighth Amendment claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (The

district court granted summary judgment to defendants on the only claim naming

defendant Michaela Garufalo.) Defendants argue…