Woodruff v. Machado

87 F.3d 1326 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Kevin WOODRUFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J.J. MACHADO, Corrections Officer; R.R. Lowden, Lieutenant; Gatto, Sergeant; Atwell, Correctional Officer; Carson, Correctional Officer; Bowman, Correctional Officer and Alvarez, Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-15613. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 11, 1996. * Decided June 19, 1996. Before: CANBY, NOONAN, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Kevin Woodruff, a federal prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant prison officials in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Woodruff contends that prison officials: (1) violated his Eighth Amendment rights by using excessive force and denying him access to medical treatment; (2) violated his due process rights on several occasions; (3) violated his First Amendment rights by retaliating against him for filing various appeals; and (4) denied him access…