Joseph George Finocchi v. Department of Corrections for the State of Arizona and Maricopa County Jail

972 F.2d 1338 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Joseph George FINOCCHI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR the STATE OF ARIZONA Defendant, and Maricopa County Jail, Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 90-15374, 90-15420. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 8, 1992. * Decided July 17, 1992. Before JAMES R. BROWNING, PREGERSON and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Joseph Finocchi filed pro se a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that conditions of overcrowing at the Maricopa County Jail violate the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The district court denied Finocchi's motions for summary judgment and for a preliminary injunction and granted Maricopa County's cross-motion for summary judgment. 1 Finocchi appeals the district court's decision on the summary judgment motions. 3 We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We affirm the district court's order granting summary judgment to…