Hearns v. Terhune

413 F.3d 1036 Clarence Leonard HEARNS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Cal TERHUNE; Robert Powell, Correctional Officer; R. Nelson, Sergeant, Correctional Officer; Alan Kahn; F. Dymond, Correctional Captain at Calipatria State Prison; Sylvia Garcia, Chief Deputy Warden; Larry Small, Warden, Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-56302. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted December 9, 2004. Filed June 30, 2005. Daniel L. Alexander, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant. Barbara C. Spiegel, Deputy Attorney General, State of California, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California; Jeffrey T. Miller, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-99-01461-JM. Before HUG, PREGERSON, and BERZON, Circuit Judges. PREGERSON, Circuit Judge. 1 Plaintiff-Appellant Clarence Leonard Hearns, Jr., is a Muslim inmate at Calipatria State Prison. In June 1999, Hearns filed a pro se complaint alleging violations of his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . Specifically, Hearns alleged that several Calipatria State Prison officials violated his Eighth Amendment right…