Martinez

Johnson v. Martinez

Good Law
131 F. App'x 546
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 13, 2005No. 04-16456; D.C. No. CV-00-01416-MCECalifornia292 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Kevin Bruce Johnson appeals pro se the district court’s order on remand granting summary judgment for prison officials in Johnson’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that prison officials failed to provide him with safe showering facilities. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1131 (9th Cir.2000) (en banc), and we affirm.

The district court properly determined on remand that defendants were entitled to qualified immunity, because Johnson failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the prison officials acted with deliberate indifference to his safety needs when the record showed that they made good faith efforts to investigate Johnson’s concerns about the slippery shower floor, and took reasonable *548 steps to ensure his safety. See Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 844 , 114 S.Ct. 1970 , 128 L.Ed.2d 811 (1994) (“A prison official’s duty under the Eighth Amendment is to ensure reasonable safety.”) (internal quotation omitted); see also Saucier v. Katz, 533 U.S. 194 , 201, 121 S.Ct. 2151 , 150 L.Ed.2d 272 (2001) (qualified immunity protects government…

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