Joshua Friar v. Collette Peters
Joshua Friar v. Collette Peters
Opinion
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 25 2022 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JOSHUA THOMAS FRIAR, No. 21-35483
Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:21-cv-00428-AA
v. MEMORANDUM* COLLETTE PETERS; HEIDI STEWARD; TYLER BLEWETT; KEVIN JACKSON; J. STARK; JEFF DARCY; DOES, John and/or Jane, 1-10,
Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ann L. Aiken, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted August 17, 2022**
Before: S.R. THOMAS, PAEZ, and LEE, Circuit Judges.
Oregon state prisoner Joshua Thomas Friar appeals pro se from the district
court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate
indifference related to the inadequacy of the prison ventilation system during
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). exposure to wildfire smoke. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We
review de novo. Watison v. Carter, 668 F.3d 1108, 1112 (9th Cir. 2012) (dismissal
under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)); Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir.
2000) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Friar’s action because Friar failed to
allege facts sufficient to establish that prison officials were deliberately indifferent
to an excessive risk of serious harm. See Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 837
(1994) (“[A] prison official cannot be found liable under the Eighth Amendment
for denying an inmate humane conditions of confinement unless the official knows
of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health or safety . . . .”).
AFFIRMED.
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