124 F. 3d 210 - Aranda v. G Borg R Be

MEMORANDUM*

Salvador Navarro Aranda, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's judgment following a jury trial and partial summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging use of excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Aranda contends that the district court erred by not issuing writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum for four inmate witnesses and denying his request that a correctional officer testify at trial. Because Aranda failed to file objections to the magistrate judge's pretrial order denying Aranda's requests for these witnesses, Aranda failed to preserve this issue for appeal. See Simpson v. Lear Astronics Corp., 77 F.3d 1170, 1174 (9th Cir.1996) (holding that a party who fails to file timely objections to a magistrate judge's non-dispositive order forfeits the right to appellate review of that order); see also ACORN v. City of Phoenix, 798 F.2d 1260, 1272 (9th Cir.1986) (stating that pretrial orders under Fed.R.Civ.P. 16(e) shall control the course of proceedings unless modified).1

Aranda also contends that the district court erred by granting summary judgment for defendant Joseph on the ground that Aranda was basing Joseph's liability on a respondeat superior theory. Because a jury concluded that the use of force by defendant Durfey against Aranda was not excessive, establishing that there was no violation of Aranda's constitutional rights, we cannot conclude that the grant of summary judgment for Joseph is reversible error.

Finally, Aranda contends that the district court erred by denying his motions for appointment of counsel. Because the record does not demonstrate that there were any exceptional circumstances supporting appointment of counsel, we conclude that the district court did not err by denying Aranda's motions. See Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir.1991).