Jimmie Stephen v. James Rowland

103 F.3d 140 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Jimmie STEPHEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James ROWLAND, Defendant-Appellee. No. 94-16289. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 5, 1996. * Decided Nov. 7, 1996. Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Jimmie Stephen, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's summary judgment in favor of defendant in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Stephen contends that the district court erred because: (1) defendant violated his due process rights by detaining him in administrative segregation; (2) the prison's segregation of large numbers of African-Americans for an incident where no one was seriously injured was discriminatory; (3) his confinement in administrative segregation was retaliatory; (4) the district court abused its discretion by failing to recuse itself; (5) the district court abused its discretion by dismissing three of the…