Opinion ID: 602239
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Dismissal of defendants Riveland, Lehman, & Rebeiro

Text: 18 Wright contends the district court erred in dismissing prison defendants Chase Riveland, Secretary of the Department of Corrections, Joseph Lehman, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Corrections, and Larry Kincheloe, Director of the Division of Prisons. Wright does not contest the dismissal of Ms. Rebeiro. 19 Wright does not allege that these individuals personally participated in the decision to place Wright in administrative segregation or to transfer him to WSP. These defendants may not be held liable solely on the basis of supervisory responsibility. Taylor v. List, 880 F.2d 1040, 1045 (9th Cir.1989) (A supervisor is only liable for constitutional violations of his subordinates if the supervisor participated in or directed the violations, or knew of the violations and failed to act to prevent them.). Although Wright contends that his attorney wrote letters to these defendants questioning the propriety of Wright's transfer, Wright did not introduce evidence that these defendants had actual knowledge of any retaliatory nature of the transfer. 20 Wright's claim that these defendants failed to adequately train personnel also fails because Wright offers no evidence that training policies or personnel regulations were not implemented or that the training was inadequate. 21 Defendants Riveland, Lehman, Kincheloe and Rebeiro were thus properly dismissed. 22 AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS REGARDING WRIGHT'S RETALIATION CLAIM AGAINST DEFENDANTS ANDERSON, EVANS, AND DUCHARME.