UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

TENTH CIRCUIT

DAVID O. McMAHAN,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

BOB WILDER, County Sheriff; LINDA VOYLES, Jail Administrator,

Defendants-Appellees.

No. 04-7115

(Eastern District of Oklahoma)

(D.C. No. 03-CV-166-W)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT*

Before BRISCOE, LUCERO, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this court has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.

David O. McMahan appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants on McMahan's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights complaint. In his complaint, McMahan asserted that defendants subjected him to cruel and unusual punishment when they placed him in a jail cell with an inmate known to be infected with Hepatitis C.1 In a thorough order granting summary judgment to the defendants, the district court first set out the standard governing conditions-of-confinement claims from Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825 (1994). Applying that standard, the district court concluded that McMahan had failed to demonstrate he was incarcerated under conditions that posed a substantial risk of harm. In particular, the district court noted the record demonstrated that Hepatitis C is not spread through airborne transmission or casual contact, but is instead spread only through an exchange of bodily fluids. Here, the record was devoid of any evidence that McMahan's infected cellmate had a history of violent or risky behavior that would increase the likelihood of transmission to other inmates. In fact, McMahan had not alleged any instances where he had come into contact with his cellmate's bodily fluids. Because McMahan failed to come forward with any evidence that the defendants disregarded an excessive risk to his health, the district court concluded the defendants were entitled to summary judgment.

This court has reviewed de novo2 the parties' briefs and contentions, the district court's order, and the entire record on appeal. That review demonstrates no reversible error. Accordingly, the district court is affirmed for substantially those reasons set out in its order dated October 20, 2004.

AFFIRMED.

ENTERED FOR THE COURT

Michael R. Murphy

Circuit Judge