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finding the "urinalysis policy ... was reasonably related to a legitimate penological interest"
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No. 14-35603
09-04-2015
JAMES MARK HINKLEY, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. BERNARD WARNER; et al., Defendants - Appellees.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 4:14-cv-05030-EFS MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
Edward F. Shea, District Judge, Presiding
Before: McKEOWN, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Washington state prisoner James Mark Hinkley appeals pro se from the district court's judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging Fourth and Eighth Amendment claims arising out of a random urinalysis drug test. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Hamilton v. Brown, 630 F.3d 889, 892 (9th Cir. 2011) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A); Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir. 1998) (order) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii)). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Hinkley's Fourth Amendment claim because Hinkley failed to allege facts sufficient to show that his random urinalysis drug test was unreasonable. See Thompson v. Souza, 111 F.3d 694, 702-03 (9th Cir. 1997) (setting forth factors to determine whether a search is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment and holding that a prisoner's non-random urinalysis drug test was a reasonable search). Moreover, the district court properly dismissed Hinkley's challenge to the urinalysis policy because it concluded the policy was reasonably related to a legitimate penological interest.
The district court properly dismissed Hinkley's Eighth Amendment claim because Hinkley failed to allege facts sufficient to show that defendants knew of and disregarded a substantial risk of physical or mental harm to Hinkley when he was selected for a random urinalysis drug test. See Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 837 (1994) ("[A] prison official cannot be found liable under the Eighth Amendment . . . unless the official knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health or safety[.]"); see also Starr v. Baca, 652 F.3d 1202, 1207 (9th Cir. 2011) (explaining that a supervisor is liable under § 1983 only if he is personally involved in the constitutional deprivation or there is a "sufficient causal connection between the supervisor's wrongful conduct and the constitutional violation" (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); Hebbe v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, 341-42 (9th Cir. 2010) (although pro se pleadings are to be construed liberally, a plaintiff must present factual allegations sufficient to state a plausible claim for relief).
We reject Hinkley's contention that the district court failed to permit discovery.
Hinkley's contempt motion, cross-noticed in Appeal Nos. 14-35602 and 14-35603 and filed on January 2, 2015, is denied.
AFFIRMED.