Case Name: Tomas Lopez MENEWEATHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. B. POWELL; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-03-01
Citations: 417 F. App'x 656
Docket Number: No. 09-17445
Parties: Tomas Lopez MENEWEATHER, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. B. POWELL; et al., Defendants—Appellees.
Judges: Before: CANBY, FERNANDEZ, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 417
Pages: 656–656

Head Matter:
Tomas Lopez MENEWEATHER, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. B. POWELL; et al., Defendants—Appellees.
No. 09-17445.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 15, 2011.
Filed March 1, 2011.
Tomas Lopez Meneweather, Soledad, CA, pro se.
Lily Anne Rivo, California Department of Justice, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: CANBY, FERNANDEZ, and M. SMITH, 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 Tomas Lopez Meneweather appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging Eighth Amendment violations arising from unsanitary conditions of confinement. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the district court's grant of summary judgment, EEOC v. Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, 345 F.3d 742, 746 (9th Cir.2003), and decision regarding qualified immunity, Elder v. Holloway, 510 U.S. 510, 516, 114 S.Ct. 1019, 127 L.Ed.2d 344 (1994). We reverse and remand.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to Meneweather, he has raised a genuine issue of material fact as to the deliberate indifference of defendants B. Powell, D. Ferry, T.G. Miller, G. Bailey, A. Meyers, J. Ippolito, R. Reyes, T. Rincon, and Nurse O'Kelley with regard to the unsanitary conditions of his cell. See Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 842, 114 S.Ct. 1970, 128 L.Ed.2d 811 (1994) ("[A] factfinder may conclude that a prison official knew of a substantial risk from the very fact that the risk was obvious."); see also Anderson v. County of Kern, 45 F.3d 1310, 1314 (9th Cir.1995) ("[SJubjection of a prisoner to lack of sanitation that is severe or prolonged can constitute an infliction of pain within the meaning of the Eighth Amendment.").
Defendants were not entitled to qualified immunity because, again viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to Meneweather, it would have been clear to reasonable correctional officers in defendants' positions that their failure to address the unsanitary conditions of Meneweather's cell were unlawful. See Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818, 102 S.Ct. 2727, 73 L.Ed.2d 396 (1982).
Accordingly, we reverse the judgment and remand for further proceedings on Meneweather's deliberate indifference claims against B. Powell, D. Ferry, T.G. Miller, G. Bailey, A. Meyers, J. Ippolito, R. Reyes, T. Rincon, and Nurse O'Kelley.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.