Ogle

MEMORANDUM **

Anthony Keith Ogle, an inmate in the Arizona state prison system, appeals pro se from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Terry Stewart, the former Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections (“ADC”). Ogle also appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to amend his complaint to add as defendants two correctional officers. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

While temporarily confined at the Alhambra Reception Center, a unit of the Arizona state prison system, on March 22, 2002, Ogle tripped over a mattress that was placed on the floor and severely injured himself. Seeking damages for his injury, Ogle sued Stewart, among others, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violating his Eighth Amendment rights. Proceeding pro se, Ogle also attempted to discover the names of the two correctional officers who confiscated his crutches and purportedly disregarded the orders of medical staff so that he could include them as defendants. The Arizona Attorney General’s office delayed responding to Ogle’s discovery requests, however, and did not provide…