Case Name: Joseph Deonn HORNE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. RUTLEDGE, Correctional Officer; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-10-04
Citations: 398 F. App'x 264
Docket Number: No. 09-17378
Parties: Joseph Deonn HORNE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. RUTLEDGE, Correctional Officer; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: WALLACE, HAWKINS and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 398
Pages: 264–265

Head Matter:
Joseph Deonn HORNE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. RUTLEDGE, Correctional Officer; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 09-17378.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 22, 2010.
Filed Oct. 4, 2010.
Joseph Deonn Horne, Delano, CA, pro se.
Michael James Quinn, Deputy Attorney General, AGCA-Office of the California Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: WALLACE, HAWKINS and THOMAS, 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
The district court properly granted summary judgment on the excessive force claim because Joseph Deonn Horne ("Horne") failed to raise a triable issue as to whether prison guards acted "maliciously and sadistically for the very purpose of causing harm" by using pepper spray after Horne repeatedly refused to comply with orders to cease holding his blanket up to the cell door. Hudson v. McMillian, 503 U.S. 1, 6, 112 S.Ct. 995, 117 L.Ed.2d 156 (1992) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted).
Horne's remaining contentions are unpersuasive.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.