UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ELIZABETH CARLEY, No. 23-15271

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 2:17-cv-02346- MMD-CLB ROMEO ARANAS,

Defendant-Appellant, OPINION and NEVEN, Warden; GENTRY, Warden; DZURENDA, Director; COX, Director; CLARK, B.B.; FLORES, L.V.,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Miranda M. Du, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 2, 2024 Phoenix, Arizona

Filed June 3, 2024 2 CARLEY V. ARANAS

Before: Richard R. Clifton, Jay S. Bybee, and Bridget S. Bade, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bybee

SUMMARY *

Prisoner Civil Rights

The panel reversed the district court’s denial, on summary judgment, of qualified immunity to Dr. Romeo Aranas, the former Medical Director of the Nevada Department of Corrections (“NDOC”) in a