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JOST v. U.S.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Jan 25, 2011
412 F. App'x 957 (9th Cir. 2011)

Opinion

No. 07-16032.

Submitted January 10, 2011.

The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).

Filed January 25, 2011.

Frederick Karl Jost, Corcoran, CA, prose.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Anthony W. Ishii, Chief Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-05-01360-AWI.

Before: BEEZER, TALLMAN and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.



MEMORANDUM

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

Frederick Karl Jost, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his complaint under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971) alleging that the United States Postal Service lost the contents of a package that Jost had mailed. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a district court's dismissal for failure to state a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000) and for an abuse of discretion its denial of leave to amend, Halet v. Wend Inv. Co., 672 F.2d 1305, 1310 (9th Cir. 1982). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Jost's action because the deprivation Jost alleges — the loss of his mail — does not rise to a constitutional violation. See Cnty. of Sacramento v. Lewis, 523 U.S. 833, 848-49, 118 S.Ct. 1708, 140 L.Ed.2d 1043 (1998) ("[T]he Constitution does not guarantee due care on the part of state officials; liability for negligently inflicted harm is categorically beneath the threshold of constitutional due process."); Hartman v. Moore, 547 U.S. 250, 255 n. 2, 126 S.Ct. 1695, 164 L.Ed.2d 441 (2006). ( Bivens action is federal analog to civil rights suit against state officials).

The district court properly dismissed any claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act because Jost failed to exhaust his administrative remedies before filing this action. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 2401(b), 2675(a); 39 C.F.R. § 912.5.

The district court acted within its discretion by dismissing Jost's complaint without leave to amend. See Balser v. Dep't of Justice, Off. of U.S. Trustee, 327 F.3d 903, 911 (9th Cir. 2003) (affirming denial of leave to amend complaint, despite liberality generally afforded pro se litigants, because opening brief on appeal set forth no legal basis for reversal).

Jost's remaining contentions are unpersuasive.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

JOST v. U.S.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Jan 25, 2011
412 F. App'x 957 (9th Cir. 2011)
Case details for

JOST v. U.S.

Case Details

Full title:Frederick Karl JOST, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. and U.S. Postmaster…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Jan 25, 2011

Citations

412 F. App'x 957 (9th Cir. 2011)

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