Byrd v. Maricopa County Board of Supervisors

OPINION

OWENS, Circuit Judge:

Charles Edward Byrd, an Arizona state prisoner and former pretrial detainee, appeals from the district court’s sua sponte dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action challenging defendants Maricopa County Sheriffs Department, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s alleged policy of allowing female guards to observe daily, from four to five feet away, male pretrial detainees showering and using the bathroom. The district court dismissed Byrd’s pro se complaint without requiring a response because it thought that Ninth…