United States Ninth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant in plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action is affirmed, where: 1) plaintiff-inmate waived his claim regarding retaliation; and 2) plaintiff-inmate did not engage in constitutionally protected activity when he served a prison official with a summons and complaint on another inmate's behalf under either the access-to-court doctrine or the First Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/10/2013
• Published 09/10/2013

Judges

• O’SCANNLAIN

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel