Aholelei v. Hawaii

MEMORANDUM **

William S. Aholelei appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, in which he alleged that the defendants had violated his Eighth Amendment rights by failing to protect him from harm while he was incarcerated. Aholelei contends that the district court erred in granting summary judgment on sovereign immunity, mootness, and qualified immunity grounds.1 We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand.

The district court did not err in granting summary judgment on Aholelei’s…