Case Name: Quincy Winston ADAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sheldon BROOKS, DDS; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-03-04
Citations: 369 F. App'x 824
Docket Number: No. 09-55268
Parties: Quincy Winston ADAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sheldon BROOKS, DDS; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: FERNANDEZ, GOULD, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 369
Pages: 824–824

Head Matter:
Quincy Winston ADAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sheldon BROOKS, DDS; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 09-55268.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 16, 2010.
Filed March 4, 2010.
Quincy Winston Adams, Delano, CA, pro se.
Terry A. Barak, Esquire, Deputy Attorney General, AGCA — Office of the California Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: FERNANDEZ, GOULD, 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
Quincy Winston Adams, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference to his dental needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Sorrels v. McKee, 290 F.3d 965, 969 (9th Cir.2002), and we vacate and remand.
The record does not indicate that the district court provided Adams with any notice under Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952 (9th Cir.1998) (en banc). Further, the error was not harmless because it does not appear that Adams had recently received a Rand notice in any other litigation, and the record does not disclose that he had a complete understanding of the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. See id. at 961-62.
Each party shall bear its own costs on appeal.
VACATED and REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.