Craver

Craver v. Allbee

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324 F. App'x 597
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 27, 2009No. 07-16766California241 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Andre Ramon Craver, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment in favor of Deputy Darren Allbee following a jury trial in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging excessive force while he was a pretrial detainee. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review for an abuse of discretion the district court’s formulation of jury instructions and review de novo a claim that the instructions misstate the law, Duran v. City of Maywood, 221 F.3d 1127, 1130 (9th Cir.2000) (per curiam), and we affirm.

The district court properly provided a Fourth Amendment jury instruction because “the Fourth Amendment sets the applicable constitutional limitations for considering claims of excessive force during pretrial detention.” Gibson v. County of Washoe, 290 F.3d 1175, 1197 (9th Cir. 2002) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). A specific Fourteenth Amendment jury instruction was not then needed.

We do not consider Craver’s contention that the jury verdict was not supported by *598 substantial evidence because Craver failed to provide us with the trial transcript. See 9th Cir. R. 10—3.1(d) & (e); Bemis v. Edwards, 45 F.3d 1369, 1375…

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