Christopher David Sevey v. Ron Angelone Brenda Burns Carol Spell, Counselor

46 F.3d 1145 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Christopher David SEVEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ron ANGELONE; Brenda Burns; Carol Spell, counselor, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-16351. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted: Dec. 15, 1994. Decided: Jan. 30, 1995. 1 Before: SKOPIL, NORRIS, and HALL, Circuit Judges 2 MEMORANDUM * 3 Nevada state prisoner Christopher Sevey appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants and the court's order striking an expert's affidavit. We affirm. I. 4 Qualified immunity shields government officials who perform discretionary functions from civil liability for damages as long as "their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known." Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 (1982). Sevey claims that his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated by defendants' deliberate indifference…