Legal Opinion
Francis v. Galaza
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 12, 2002No. 02-15405; D.C. No. CV-99-05905-AWI(LJO)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM **
Louis Francis, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s summary judgment for defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that prison *417officials violated his Eighth Amendment rights by allowing a puddle of water to accumulate in his cell, causing him to injure himself in a fall, and by retaliating against him by ordering him transferred when he filed a grievance about the incident. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a grant of summary judgment, Jesinger v. Nevada Fed. Credit Union, 24 F.3d 1127, 1130 (9th Cir.1994),…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Booth v. ChurnerSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Jeanette Jesinger v. Nevada Federal Credit Union, a Federally-Chartered Credit Union Robert W. FleischmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Wyatt v. TerhuneCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
3Cited by1 opinion
- Francis v. Brown, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003