From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Anderson v. Sy

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Oct 16, 2012
486 F. App'x 644 (9th Cir. 2012)

Opinion

No. 11-17232 D.C. No. 3:11-cv-03184-SI

10-16-2012

RICKARD DENNIS ANDERSON, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. CHRISTINE SY, Director; et al., Defendants - Appellees.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION


MEMORANDUM

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.


Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of California

Susan Illston, District Judge, Presiding

Before: RAWLINSON, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

Rickard Dennis Anderson appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action as frivolous. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i), Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir. 1998) (order), and we affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Anderson's action as frivolous because the complaint contains indecipherable facts and unsupported legal assertions. See Jackson v. Arizona, 885 F.2d 639, 640-41 (9th Cir. 1989) (a complaint may be dismissed as frivolous if it lacks an arguable basis in law or fact), superseded by statute on other grounds as stated in Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1130 (9th Cir. 2000); see also Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1261 (9th Cir. 1992) (the district court's discretion to deny leave to amend is particularly broad where it has afforded plaintiff one or more opportunities to amend).

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Anderson v. Sy

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Oct 16, 2012
486 F. App'x 644 (9th Cir. 2012)
Case details for

Anderson v. Sy

Case Details

Full title:RICKARD DENNIS ANDERSON, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. CHRISTINE SY, Director…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Oct 16, 2012

Citations

486 F. App'x 644 (9th Cir. 2012)

Citing Cases

Singleton v. SDG&E

Accordingly, even if Plaintiff is entitled to proceed IFP, the complaint must be dismissed. Anderson v. Sy,…

Roberts v. Sanchez

(See Docs. 4, 5, 6.) The lack of punctuation and complete sentences creates confusion, and the allegations…