Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2012-03-15 20:36:23+00
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FILED
                              NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           MAR 15 2012

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                      UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                     U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                              FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GREGORY ALLEN FRANKLIN,                           No. 10-56657

                Plaintiff - Appellant,            D.C. No. 3:07-cv-00438-WVG-
                                                  RBB
  v.

L. E. SCRIBNER, Warden; et al.,                   MEMORANDUM *

                Defendants - Appellees.

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of California
                   William V. Gallo, Magistrate Judge, Presiding **

                              Submitted March 6, 2012 ***

Before:         B. FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.

       Gregory Allen Franklin, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the

district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
            The parties consented to proceed before a magistrate judge. See 28
U.S.C. § 636(c).
          ***
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
defendants violated his Eighth Amendment rights in connection with the denial of

outdoor exercise and special shoes for his foot condition when he was required to

leave his cell during a cell search. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

We review de novo, Jones v. Blanas, 393 F.3d 918, 926 (9th Cir. 2004), and we

affirm.

      The district court properly granted summary judgment on Franklin’s outdoor

exercise claim because Franklin failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as

to whether defendants acted with deliberate indifference when they temporarily

restricted access to outdoor exercise during an emergency lockdown. See Hayward

v. Procunier, 629 F.2d 599, 603 (9th Cir. 1980) (temporary deprivation of outdoor

exercise in response to a genuine emergency did not violate Eighth Amendment);

see also Noble v. Adams, 646 F.3d 1138, 1142-43 (9th Cir. 2011) (explaining that

it is not clearly established “precisely how, according to the Constitution, or when

a prison facility housing problem inmates must return to normal operations,

including outside exercise, during and after a state of emergency called in response

to a major riot, here one in which inmates attempted to murder staff”); Norwood v.

Vance, 591 F.3d 1062, 1068-70 (9th Cir. 2010) (prison officials entitled to

qualified immunity on denial of outdoor exercise claim because a reasonable

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officer could have believed that restricting outdoor exercise during prison security

lockdown was constitutional).

      The district court properly granted summary judgment on Franklin’s special

shoe claim because Franklin failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to

whether defendant Bass acted with deliberate indifference when he sought

clarification on the soft sole shoe ban and was specifically ordered to enforce the

ban despite Franklin’s medical authorization to wear soft sole shoes. See Farmer

v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 837, 844-45 (1994) (explaining the subjective prong of

deliberate indifference and noting that even if a prison official knew of a

substantial risk, he is not liable if he responded reasonably to the risk).

      Franklin’s remaining contentions are unpersuasive.

      AFFIRMED.

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