Antwoine Marquise Bealer v. WILSON, Lieutenant of Administrative Segregation Unit at Kern Valley State Prison

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ANTWOINE MARQUISE BEALER,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
WILSON, Lieutenant of Administrative
Segregation Unit at Kern Valley State
Prison,
Defendant-Appellee.
No. 17-16173
D.C. No. 1:16-cv-00672-DAD-SAB
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California
Dale A. Drozd, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted March 13, 2018**
Before: LEAVY, M. SMITH, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
California state prisoner Antwoine Marquise Bealer appeals pro se from the
district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging
unconstitutional conditions of confinement. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.
* 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).
FILED
MAR 26 2018
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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2 17-16173
§ 1291. We review de novo. Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000)
(dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A); Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194
(9th Cir. 1998) (order) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii)). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Bealer’s action because Bealer failed to
allege facts sufficient to show that defendant Wilson knew of or disregarded an
excessive risk to Bealer’s health. See Hallett v. Morgan, 296 F.3d 732, 744 (9th
Cir. 2002) (elements of Eighth Amendment conditions of confinement claim); see
also Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 847 (1994) (prison officials liable for
denying humane conditions of confinement only if they know of and disregard a
substantial risk of serious harm).
We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued
in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised for the first time on
appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).
Bealer’s request for an extension of time to file the opening brief (Docket
Entry No. 10) is denied as unnecessary.
AFFIRMED.

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