Case Name: Byron Eugene JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David L. RUNNELS; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-01-02
Citations: 507 F. App'x 675
Docket Number: No. 11-16697
Parties: Byron Eugene JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David L. RUNNELS; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 507
Pages: 675–676

Head Matter:
Byron Eugene JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David L. RUNNELS; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 11-16697.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 19, 2012.
Filed Jan. 2, 2013.
Byron Eugene Johnson, Susanville, CA, pro se.
Phillip Arthur, Esquire, Office of the California Attorney General, Richard Michael Pattison, Rains Lucia Stern, PC, Sacramento, CA, Neah Huynh, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the California Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, 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
California state prisoner Byron Eugene Johnson appeals pro se from the district court's judgment following a jury verdict in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that prison officials violated his constitutional rights. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Sapp v. Kimbrell, 623 F.3d 818, 821 (9th Cir.2010) (dismissal for failure to exhaust); Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir.2004) (summary judgment); Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir.2000) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A for failure to state a claim). We affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment on Johnson's Eighth Amendment claim against defendant Bail-lie because Johnson failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether Baillie caused the alleged constitutional deprivation. See Nelson v. Pima Cmty. Coll., 83 F.3d 1075, 1081-82 (9th Cir.1996) ("[M]ere allegation and speculation do not create a factual dispute for purposes of summary judgment."); Johnson v. Duffy, 588 F.2d 740, 743-44 (9th Cir.1978) ("The requisite causal connection can be established not only by some kind of direct personal participation in the deprivation, but also by setting in motion a series of acts by others which the actor knows or reasonably should know would cause others to inflict the constitutional injury.").
The district court properly dismissed Johnson's claims against defendants Wagner and Jackson because Johnson failed to exhaust his administrative remedies as to the claims against these defendants. See Woodford v. Ngo, 548 U.S. 81, 93-95, 126 S.Ct. 2378, 165 L.Ed.2d 368 (2006) (requiring proper and timely exhaustion of prisoner claims).
The district court properly dismissed Johnson's claims against defendant Runnels and other supervisory defendants because Johnson failed to allege that any of these defendants personally participated in any alleged constitutional violations. See Taylor v. List, 880 F.2d 1040, 1045 (9th Cir.1989) (supervisors are liable for constitutional violations of subordinates if they "participated in or directed the violations, or knew of the violations and failed to act to prevent them").
The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Johnson's motions for appointment of counsel because Johnson failed to establish exceptional circumstances. See Agyeman v. Corr. Corp. of Am., 390 F.3d 1101, 1103 (9th Cir.2004) (providing standard of review and requirements for appointment of counsel).
Johnson's discovery and evidentiary contentions, as well as his contentions regarding alleged attorney misconduct, are rejected.
To the extent that Johnson seeks to appeal the district court's order denying his motion for a new trial, we lack jurisdiction to review that order. See Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(4)(B)(ii). This court instructed Johnson in its July 14, 2011 order that if he wished to challenge the district court's ruling on his then pending motion, he must file an amended notice of appeal within thirty days from entry of the district court's ruling, but he failed to do so.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.