Case Name: Telly Alexander HEATH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Greg JONES; et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Joan Barton, Defendant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-06-23
Citations: 667 F. App'x 266
Docket Number: No. 15-35211
Parties: Telly Alexander HEATH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Greg JONES; et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Joan Barton, Defendant.
Judges: Before: BEA, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 667
Pages: 266–266

Head Matter:
Telly Alexander HEATH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Greg JONES; et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Joan Barton, Defendant.
No. 15-35211
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 14, 2016
FILED June 23, 2016
Telly Alexander Heath, Pendleton, OR, Pro Se.
Susan Reid Yorke, Oregon Department of Justice, Salem, OR, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: BEA, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Telly Alexander Heath, an Oregon state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging Eighth Amendment violations. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir. 2004), and we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment because Heath failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious mental health needs by housing him in the Disciplinary Segregation Unit, Intensive Management Unit, or Behavioral Health Unit. See Toguchi, 391 F.3d at 1057-60 (a prison official is deliberately indifferent only if he or she knows of and disregards an excessive risk to an inmate's health). Further, Heath failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether his placement in these units denied him the "minimal civilized measure of life's necessities." Rhodes v. Chapman, 452 U.S. 337, 347, 101 S.Ct. 2392, 69 L.Ed.2d 59 (1981).
Heath's motion for appellees' default is denied.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.