William Roy Faught v. John Coughlin

21 F.3d 1112 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. William Roy FAUGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John COUGHLIN, Defendant-Appellee. No. 93-15381. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 5, 1994. * Decided April 13, 1994. Before: POOLE, BEEZER, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 William Roy Faught appeals pro se the district court's order granting defendant's motion for summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 action. Faught contends that during his arrest, the defendant, a Nevada highway patrolman, violated his Constitutional rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments by: (a) conducting an illegal inventory search of his automobile; (b) handcuffing and seating him next to the highway in the sun for over one hour while the vehicular search was being conducted; (c) striking him in the chest without provocation en route to the jail; and (d) confiscating and failing to return property after the vehicular inventory…