Raymond W. Kidwell v. Buck Buchanan

996 F.2d 1225 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Raymond W. KIDWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Buck BUCHANAN, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-15056. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 21, 1993. * Decided June 29, 1993. Before: CANBY, FERNANDEZ, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Raymond W. Kidwell, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's summary judgment in favor of the defendants, Yavapai County Jail officials, in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We review the district court's grant of summary judgment de novo, Taylor v. List, 880 F.2d 1040, 1044 (9th Cir.1989), and affirm. 3 Kidwell contends that when he was a pre-trial detainee at the Yavapai County Jail, the defendants subjected him to cruel and unusual punishment by placing him in administrative segregation on May 13, 1991. This contention lacks merit. 4 A grant of summary judgment should be affirmed only if the evidence, read in the…