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Summary: FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION FEB 27 2018 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ELIAS MANUEL CUSTODIO, No. 16-35871 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 1:13-cv-00332-BLW v. MEMORANDUM* SONNIER, Counselor - Facilitator of the Theraputic Community program ICC; et al., Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho B. Lynn Winmill, Chief Judge, Presiding Submitted February 23, 2018** San Francisco, Califo
Summary: FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION FEB 27 2018 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ELIAS MANUEL CUSTODIO, No. 16-35871 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 1:13-cv-00332-BLW v. MEMORANDUM* SONNIER, Counselor - Facilitator of the Theraputic Community program ICC; et al., Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho B. Lynn Winmill, Chief Judge, Presiding Submitted February 23, 2018** San Francisco, Califor..
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FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
FEB 27 2018
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ELIAS MANUEL CUSTODIO, No. 16-35871
Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 1:13-cv-00332-BLW
v.
MEMORANDUM*
SONNIER, Counselor - Facilitator of the
Theraputic Community program ICC; et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Idaho
B. Lynn Winmill, Chief Judge, Presiding
Submitted February 23, 2018**
San Francisco, California
Before: THOMAS, Chief Judge, and TROTT and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
Idaho state prisoner Elias Manuel Custodio appeals pro se from the district
court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging constitutional
claims arising from his participation in a prison rehabilitation program. We have
*
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).
jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Williams v. Paramo,
775
F.3d 1182, 1191 (9th Cir. 2015) (exhaustion); Toguchi v. Chung,
391 F.3d 1051,
1056 (9th Cir. 2004) (merits). We affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment on Custodio’s First
Amendment claim against defendant Saade because Custodio did not exhaust
administrative remedies, and failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to
whether administrative remedies were effectively unavailable to him. See Woodford
v. Ngo,
548 U.S. 81, 90 (2006) (a prisoner must properly exhaust administrative
remedies, “which means using all steps that the agency holds out, and doing so
properly (so that the agency addresses the issues on the merits)” (emphasis, citation,
and internal quotation marks omitted)); see also Ross v. Blake,
136 S. Ct. 1850, 1858-
60 (2016) (setting forth circumstances when administrative remedies are
unavailable).
The district court properly granted summary judgment on Custodio’s First
Amendment free speech claim against defendant Sonnier because Custodio failed to
raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether Custodio’s removal from a
rehabilitation program was not reasonably related to legitimate penological interests.
See Turner v. Safley,
482 U.S. 78, 89-91 (1987) (setting forth four-factor test to
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analyze validity of policies or regulations that impinge on an inmate’s First
Amendment rights).
The district court properly granted summary judgment on Custodio’s Eighth
Amendment claim against defendant Sonnier because Custodio failed to raise a
genuine dispute of material fact as to whether he was denied outdoor exercise for an
extended period of time. See May v. Baldwin,
109 F.3d 557, 565 (9th Cir. 1997) (a
temporary denial of outdoor exercise with no medical effects is not a substantial
deprivation under the Eight Amendment).
We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in
the opening brief, or arguments. See Padgett v. Wright,
587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th
Cir. 2009). We do not consider documents and facts not presented to the district
court. See United States v. Elias,
921 F.2d 870, 874 (9th Cir. 1990) (“Documents or
facts not presented to the district court are not part of the record on appeal.”).
Atencio’s motion to substitute a party (Docket Entry No. 32) is granted.
AFFIRMED.
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