Mahone v. Lehman

347 F.3d 1170 Sylvester James MAHONE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph LEHMAN; Dave Savage; Richard Lee Morgan; Kathy Kaatz; Robert Crocker; Bradley Hatt; Mike Leahy; Brooks, Sgt.; Nicholas, Sgt.; Robert Monger, Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-35622. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted August 7, 2003 — Seattle, Washington. Filed October 30, 2003. Ben Wizner, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant. Michael T. Mitchell, and Aileen Miller, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Justice Division, Olympia, Washington, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington; Franklin D. Burgess, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-98-05412-FDB. Before: Arthur L. ALARCÓN, Ronald M. GOULD, and Richard R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge ALARCÓN; Dissent by Judge CLIFTON. OPINION ALARCÓN, Circuit Judge. 1 In this civil rights action, filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , Sylvester James Mahone seeks reversal of the judgment entered in favor of each of the Appellees following a trial by jury. In his pro se…