Draper

Draper v. Harris

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245 F. App'x 699
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 22, 2007No. 06-15425California278 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

John Clint Draper, a California State prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in favor of defendants in Draper’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging violations of his First and Eighth Amendment rights. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s grant of summary judgment, Barnett v. Centoni, 31 F.3d 813, 815 (9th Cir.1994) (per curiam), and we affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment for Harris on Draper’s claim of excessive force because Draper failed to raise a triable issue as to whether Harris applied force “maliciously and sadistically for the very purpose of causing harm” in violation of Draper’s Eighth Amendment rights. Whitley v. Albers, 475 U.S. 312, 320-21 , 106 S.Ct. 1078 , 89 L.Ed.2d 251 (1986).

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Draper’s deliberate *701 indifference claim because Draper failed to produce evidence of injury from the alleged indifference. See Shapley v. Nev. Bd. of State Prison Comm’rs, 766 F.2d 404, 407 (9th Cir.1985) (per curiam) (a delay in medical treatment must lead to further injury to support a claim for deliberate…

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