Kevin Lisle v. Howard Skolnick

MEMORANDUM

Nevada state prisoner Kevin J. Lisle appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a district court’s dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and § 1915(e)(2). Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir.2000); Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir.1998) (order). We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

The district court properly dismissed Lisle’s claim that prison officials violated the ADA by refusing to allow him to use a leg brace because Lisle failed to allege facts sufficient to show that prison officials discriminated against him “solely by reason of disability.” Lee v. City of Los Angeles, 250 F.3d 668, 691 (9th Cir.2001) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted); see also Simmons v. Navajo County, Ariz., 609 F.3d 1011, 1022 (9th Cir.2010) (“The ADA prohibits discrimination because of disability, not inadequate treatment for disability.”).

However, the district court erroneously dismissed Lisle’s deliberate indifference claim because the allegations in the amended…