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Jason Coapland v. Long

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464 F. App'x 664
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJanuary 3, 201210-35952California363 words

Opinion

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Jason Coapland appeals pro se from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Sgt. Sandra Long on his Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim. We have jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . The facts of this case are known to the parties. We need not repeat them here.

The district court properly granted summary judgment to Sgt. Long. To prove an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim, a prisoner-plaintiff must show that the prison official was subjectively aware of the risk. Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 828 , 114 S.Ct. 1970 , 128 L.Ed.2d 811 (1994). Coapland provided no evidence, other than his unsupported allegations, to suggest that Sgt. Long knew the identity of the man who allegedly assaulted Coapland, and “this court has refused to find a genuine issue where the only evidence presented is uncorroborated and self-serving testimony.” Villiarimo v. Aloha Island Air, Inc., 281 F.3d 1054, 1061 (9th Cir. 2002) (internal quotation marks omitted). We also note that Copeland gave conflicting accounts regarding his own knowledge of the identity of the assailant, and he never identified the assailant in the pleadings or other…

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