Buddy P. Kamakeeaina v. TYLER MAALO, Badge No. 101980, Honolulu Police Department Officer;

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
BUDDY P. KAMAKEEAINA,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
TYLER MAALO, Badge No. 101980,
Honolulu Police Department Officer; et
al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
No. 14-16042
D.C. No.
1:11-cv-00770-JMS-RLP
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Hawaii
J. Michael Seabright, Chief Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted February 21, 2017
Honolulu, Hawaii
Before: KOZINSKI, HAWKINS, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Buddy Kamakeeaina appeals from the adverse grants of summary judgment to
Honolulu Police Department (HPD) officers and Drs. Tom Leland and Peter
Yamamoto in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging the HPD officers and Drs. Leland
FILED
MAR 14 2017
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except
as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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and Yamamoto were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs. We have
jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Kamakeeaina has not created a triable issue of fact as to whether the HPD
officers were subjectively aware of a risk of harm to Kamakeeaina after his arrest. See
Conn v. City of Reno, 591 F.3d 1081, 1096-98 (9th Cir. 2010), vacated, 563 U.S. 915
(2011), reinstated in relevant part, 658 F.3d 897 (9th Cir. 2011). Nor is there
sufficient evidence that the HPD officers acted with reckless disregard for
Kamakeeaina’s health. See Castro v. County of Los Angeles, 833 F.3d 1060, 1071
(9th Cir. 2016) (en banc). While Kamakeeaina had earlier attempted suicide and, in
the presence of the HPD officers, threatened to commit suicide by jumping from a
balcony, he subsequently agreed to leave the balcony, peacefully submitted to arrest,
and was transported to jail without incident. Moreover, the HPD officers did not
know of Kamakeeaina’s previous suicide attempts or his mental health history. See
Conn, 591 F.3d at 1097. Accordingly, there was no error in granting summary
judgment to the HPD officers.
Nor has Kamakeeaina created triable issues of fact as to whether Drs. Leland
and Yamamoto were subjectively aware of a risk of harm to Kamakeeaina, see Conn,
591 F.3d at 1096-98, or whether Dr. Leland acted with reckless disregard for
Kamakeeaina’s health, see Castro, 833 F.3d at 1071. Dr. Leland assessed
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Kamakeeaina as stable and commented, in his contemporaneous notes, that
Kamakeeaina had a good treatment plan. Dr. Yamamoto diagnosed Kamakeeaina and
concluded medication and psychotherapy were inappropriate. Accordingly, there was
also no error in granting summary judgment to Drs. Leland and Yamamoto.
AFFIRMED.
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