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No. 25-2618 IN THE Plaintiff-Appellee, D. Defendants-Appellants. Athul K. Acharya Sara K. Rosenburg PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY P.O. Box 14672 Portland, Oregon 97293 (503) 383-9492 Counsel for Amici Curiae

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT April Fonseca, aka April Ehrlich, James Barringer, Scott Clauson, Brian Sjothun, Steven Furst, Trevor Arnold, Michael Todd, Geoffrey Kirkpatrick, and Randal Jewell, On appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Case No. 1:22-cv-1416-CL Hon. Mark D. Clarke BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC JUSTICE SUPPORTING PLAINTIFF AND AFFIRMANCE November 10, 2025

In short

When our client was transferred to a new prison, he told officials there that he needed a bottom bunk because he had a seizure disorder. They put him in a top bunk anyway. Three days later, he fell out of his bunk and injured his head and leg. Were the officials deliberately indifferent to his medical condition? The district court sure thought so-but that didn't stop the officials from filing a meritless interlocutory appeal. We've asked the Sixth Circuit not only to affirm, but for sanctions. Officials need to learn: Don't file an interlocutory appeal unless you can follow the rules of interlocutory jurisdiction.