DANNENBERG v. VALADEZ

No. 02-16273.

338 F.3d 1070 (2003)

John E. DANNENBERG, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Julio VALADEZ, acting Warden of California Medical Facility, Vacaville; Jack Carlson, Facility Captain, Unit V; P. Mandeville, Lt., Unit V; James Gomez, individually and in his official capacity as an employee of the State of California, Department of Corrections; Pulsipher, Lt., individually and in his official capacity; Rowlette, Lt., individually and in his official capacity; Thomas Prebula, individually and in his official capacity, Defendants, and Carolyn P. Graham, A/W; Thomas Hartman, Lt., ISU; Bobby Houston, individually and in his official capacity; K.C. Mendonza, individually and in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 11, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Constance L. Picciano, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Michael G. Lee, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for the defendant-appellants.

Ronald L. Melluish, Law Offices of Ronald L. Melluish, Elk Grove, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges, and Charles R. Breyer, District Judge.


Argued and Submitted May 12, 2003 — San Francisco, California.

OPINION

BREYER, District Judge:

In March 2000, a jury entered a verdict in favor of plaintiff-appellee John Dannenberg, a California state prison inmate, against four prison officials for violating Dannenberg's constitutional rights by punishing him for engaging in protected activity while in prison. The jury awarded Dannenberg $9,000 in damages, and the district court subsequently...

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