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Edward R. WHITTINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KING COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 07-35014.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Dec. 17, 2008.
    
    Filed Jan. 15, 2009.
    Edward R. Whittington, Airway Heights, WA, pro se.
    John F. McHale, Esq., King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office Civil Division/Tort Section, Seattle, WA, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Before WALLACE, TROTT and RYMER, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Edward R. Whittington appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action challenging his conditions of confinement at King County Jail. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Our review is de novo. Hutchinson v. United States, 838 F.2d 390, 392 (9th Cir.1988). We affirm.

Whittington failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether unsanitary conditions in the jail caused the staph infections he contracted. See Van Ort v. Estate of Stanewich, 92 F.3d 831, 837 (9th Cir.1996) (the policy or custom must be the proximate cause of the section 1983 injury).

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.