Tony A. Luca v. Dr. Thomas Lutz

17 F.3d 395 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Tony A. LUCA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. Thomas LUTZ, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-17191. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 7, 1994. * Decided Feb. 17, 1994. Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Tony A. Luca, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's award of summary judgment in favor of the defendants in his civil rights action. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 , and we affirm. 3 Appellant brought this civil rights action against prison officials, alleging that they acted with deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights and that they interfered with his legal mail in violation of his First Amendment right to access to the courts. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants. Standard of Review 4 This court reviews the district court's…