Legal Opinion
Foster v. Runnels
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 5, 2009No. 06-15719PublishedCited by 246 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COWEN, Circuit Judge:
Ronald Foster, pro se, appeals the order of the District Court for the Eastern District of California granting summary judgment to Defendant Sandra Cole on Foster’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim. Foster claims that his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment was violated when Cole deprived him of 16 meals over a 23 day period. The District Court granted summary judgment on the grounds that Cole was entitled to qualified immunity because the constitutional right was not clearly established at the time of the alleged violation such that it would have…
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