Joseph M. Carpino v. Peter Demosthenes and James Sanders

37 F.3d 1504 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Joseph M. CARPINO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Peter DEMOSTHENES and James Sanders, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-15694. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 7, 1994. * Decided Oct. 13, 1994. 1 Before: PREGERSON and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges, and FONG, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Nevada state prisoner Joseph M. Carpino ("Carpino") appeals the district court's judgment, following a bench trial, in favor of prison officials in Carpino's 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 action, alleging that corrections officer trainee James Sanders ("Sanders") violated the Eighth Amendment when he fired a shot at and injured Carpino, and that corrections officer Peter Demosthenes ("Demosthenes") violated the Fourteenth Amendment by improperly training and supervising Sanders. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . We affirm. 4 Because this is an appeal from a bench trial, we review the district judge's…