Lenier Ayers v. Henri Richards

MEMORANDUM

Lenier Ayers, who is civilly committed in Washington state as a sexually violent predator, appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging numerous constitutional violations in connection with his confinement. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, and may affirm on any ground supported by the record. Corales v. Bennett, 567 F.3d 554, 562 (9th Cir.2009). We affirm.

Summary judgment was proper on Ayers’s claims alleging excessive force, improper placement in administrative segregation, and improper housing assignments because Ayers failed to raise a genuine dispute of material facts as to whether defendants’ actions were reasonably related to the purpose of his commitment or were punitive. See Jones v. Blanas, 393 F.3d 918, 931-32 (9th Cir.2004) (analyzing conditions of confinement for civil detainees under the Fourteenth Amendment and stating that, although such individuals cannot be subject to conditions amounting to punishment, “[Ilegitímate, non-punitive government interests include ... effective management of a detention facility”).

We affirm the summary judgement as to all Ayers’s…