Grady

MEMORANDUM *

The Appellants, members of the High Desert State Prison staff (“the staff’), appeal the district court’s denial of their motion for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity. The staff also appeals the denial of their parallel request to limit discovery.

Appellee Randy Lee Grady (“Grady”) asserts that the staff exhibited deliberate indifference to his medical needs, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. We reverse and remand with instructions to enter summary judgment for the staff.

The district court denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment without making a finding that Grady had raised a genuine issue of material fact regarding qualified immunity. The district court relied on Hamilton v. Endell, 981 F.2d 1062, 1066 (9th Cir.1992). However, the prisoner in Hamilton raised a genuine issue of material fact as to whether prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs. Accordingly, Hamilton did not establish a blanket prohibition against granting a summary judgment motion based on qualified immunity merely because a plaintiff alleges an Eighth Amendment violation. The district court was still required to view the facts in the light…