Lawrence J. Mayer v. Samuel A. Lewis Gene Henry

996 F.2d 1226 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Lawrence J. MAYER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Samuel A. LEWIS; Gene Henry, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-16285. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 21, 1993. * Decided July 1, 1993. Before: CANBY, FERNANDEZ, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Lawrence J. Mayer, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's grant of summary judgment to prison officials and dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. He alleges that the officials subjected him to cruel and unusual punishment when he could not provide a urine sample. We affirm. 3 * As part of a routine drug screening, corrections officers asked Mayer to give a urine sample. When he did not, they placed him in a holding room. Two and a half hours later, he still had not produced a sample. The officers then issued him a disciplinary write-up and returned him to his cell. 4 Mayer alleges that he could…