Opinion ID: 592890
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Text: 3 Plaintiff Ronald J. Penman filed this action while a state prisoner in custody in Douglas, Arizona. The essence of Plaintiff's claim, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, is that the repeated failure of the prison food service to accommodate his medically required dietary needs violated his civil rights. Plaintiff sought both damages and injunctive relief. 4 The Defendants in this action are Canteen, a private corporation contracted by the Arizona Department of Corrections to provide food services to the Douglas prison, and various former and current employees of Canteen. Defendants all moved for summary judgment in the district court. The district court granted summary judgment to Canteen, but denied summary judgment to Canteen's employees, the appellants before this Court. 5 Believing that the district court erred in denying them qualified immunity, appellants filed the present interlocutory appeal. However, because we lack jurisdiction to hear this appeal, we must dismiss it.