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Michael MITCHELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John DOE 1, Watch Commander, Clinton Correctional Facility; B. Vaughn, Corrections Officer of Clinton Correctional Facility, Defendants-Appellees, State of New York, New York State Department of Corrections; Thomas LaValley, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility; John Doe 2, Area Sergeant of Clinton Correctional Facility (on 7/19/13 A.M. shift); C. Durkin, Lieutenant, Clinton Correctional Facility; John Doe 3, Authority in charge of maintaining audio/visual cameras in ‘north’ yard, Clinton Correctional Facility, Defendants.
    No. 15-1115.
    United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
    Jan. 27, 2016.
    Michael Mitchell, pro se, Stormville, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    No appearance, for Defendants-Appel-lees.
    PRESENT: Robert A. Katzmann, Chief Judge, Richard C. Wesley, Debra Ann Livingston, Circuit Judges.
   SUMMARY ORDER

Appellant Michael Mitchell, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. Mitchell sued corrections officers, alleging that they violated the Eighth Amendment by failing to protect him from an attack by another inmate. The court dismissed sua sponte pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B), 1915A(b), ruling that Mitchell had not alleged that the officers were aware of a substantial risk of serious harm. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts, the procedural history of the case, and the issues on appeal.

We review de novo a district court’s sua sponte dismissal. Giano v. Goord, 250 F.3d 146, 149-50 (2d Cir.2001). The complaint must plead “enough facts to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face,” Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570, 127 S.Ct. 1955, 167 L.Ed.2d 929 (2007), and “allow[ ] the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged,” Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009).

To prevail on his claim that the defendants violated his constitutional rights by failing to protect him, Mitchell must show that they were deliberately indifferent to a substantial risk of serious harm. See Fischl v. Armitage, 128 F.3d 50, 55 (2d Cir.1997). An officer acts with deliberate indifference when he “both ... [is] aware of facts from which the inference could be drawn that a substantial risk of serious harm exists, and ... draw[s] the inference.” Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 837, 114 S.Ct. 1970, 128 L.Ed.2d 811 (1994).

Upon review, we conclude that the district court properly dismissed Mitchell’s amended complaint. We affirm for substantially the reasons stated by the district court in its March 11, 2015 decision.

We have considered all of Mitchell’s arguments and fihd them to be without merit. Accordingly, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.