Lopez
Lopez v. Holler
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 EDWARD LOPEZ, Case No. 18-cv-04387-WHO (PR)
Plaintiff, 12
ORDER GRANTING
v. 13 DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR
SUMMARY JUDGMENT
14 HOLLER, et al., Dkt. No. 25 Defendants. 15
16 17 INTRODUCTION 18 Plaintiff Edward Lopez alleges in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit that his jailors at 19 Pelican Bay State Prison violated his constitutional right to due process by depriving him 20 of a beard trimmer for 14 months. To the extent Lopez has such a right to a beard trimmer, 21 which I do not reach, he received any process he was due. And defendants certainly would 22 be entitled to qualified immunity. Defendants’ motion for summary judgment is 23 GRANTED. 24 DISCUSSION 25 I. Background 26 The allegations in the following factual summary are undisputed, unless specifically 27 noted otherwise. In September 2017, Lopez, an inmate at Pelican Bay, ordered an electric 1 Dkt. No. 1 at 6.) When Lopez went to pick it up, defendant…