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308 F. App'x 216

Smith v. Hardy

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided January 15, 2009

U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2009-01-15

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Prison Legal News v. Lehman · Horphag Research Ltd. v. Garcia

Decided 2009-01-15

¶1MEMORANDUM …

¶2Scott C. Smith appeals pro se from the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that prison officials intercepted a letter in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. We review the district court’s decision to grant summary judgment de novo, see Prison Legal News v. Lehman, 397 F.3d 692, 698 (9th Cir.2005), and we reverse and remand.

¶3Viewed in the light most favorable to Smith, the intercepted letter did not demonstrate an attempt by Smith to solicit money or goods in violation of Department of Corrections Policy 450.100, § VI(A)(6), and therefore the district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants on all claims on that ground. See Horphag Research Ltd. v. Garcia, 475 F.3d 1029, 1035 (9th Cir.2007) (“In reviewing an order granting summary judgment, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving par*218ty, drawing all reasonable inferences in his favor.”).

¶4The district court did not explicitly address qualified immunity or Smith’s third claim for failure to supervise and train. On remand, the district court shall consider both in light of this memorandum disposition.

¶5REVERSED and REMANDED.

¶6 This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.

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