Michael Johnson v. E. Martin James Williams J. Anaya F. Foulk R.A. Ballard, Corrections Officers at Calipatria State Prison

95 F.3d 1157 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Michael JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. E. MARTIN; James Williams; J. Anaya; F. Foulk; R.A. Ballard, Corrections Officers at Calipatria State Prison, Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-55497. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 12, 1996. * Decided Aug. 23, 1996. Before: BROWNING, SCHROEDER and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Michael Johnson, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's summary judgment for defendant prison officials in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Johnson contends that the district court erred because the defendants: (1) were deliberately indifferent to Johnson by permitting another prisoner to initiate a fight with him, and (2) acted maliciously and sadistically by shooting Johnson in the right buttock during the fight. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court's grant of summary judgment,…