NATHANIEL JOHNSON v. JOYCE MITEALL (2016)

MEMORANDUM*

Nathaniel Johnson appeals from the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging excessive force and due process claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Jones v. Williams, 791 F.3d 1023, 1030 (9th Cir. 2015). We vacate and remand.

In granting summary judgment on Johnson's excessive force claim, the district court did not have the benefit of the Supreme Court's recent decision in Kingsley v. Hendrickson, 135 S. Ct. 2466 (2015) which held that the appropriate standard for evaluating an excessive force claim involving a pretrial detainee is objective unreasonableness. Accordingly, we vacate the district court's summary judgment of Johnson's excessive force claim and remand for further proceedings.

We do not consider Johnson's due process claim because Johnson does not raise this claim on appeal.

All pending requests are denied.

The parties shall bear their own costs on appeal.

VACATED and REMANDED.