Opinion
No. 13-56496
03-27-2015
CHUNG CHUNG KAO, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. J. DELFIN, Correctional Officer, Defendant - Appellee.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 2:09-cv-02841-ABC-RZ MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Audrey B. Collins, District Judge, Presiding
Before: FARRIS, WARDLAW, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Chung Kao, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging retaliation. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Bruce v. Ylst, 351 F.3d 1283, 1287 (9th Cir. 2003), and we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment because Kao failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether Delfin took an adverse action against Kao that was in response to protected conduct and did not reasonably advance a legitimate correctional goal. See Rhodes v. Robinson, 408 F.3d 559, 567-68 (9th Cir. 2005) (elements of a retaliation claim in the prison context); Bruce v. Ylst, 351 F.3d at 1289.
The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Kao's motion to file a late opposition because he failed to establish excusable neglect. See Ahanchia v. Xenon Pictures, Inc., 624 F.3d 1253, 1258 (9th Cir. 2010) (standard of review and factors for determining whether neglect is excusable).
The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Kao's motion to reconsider because Kao failed to establish any basis for such relief. See Sch. Dist. No. 1J, Multnomah Cnty, Or. v. AcandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1262-63 (9th Cir. 1993) (standard of review and grounds for reconsideration).
AFFIRMED.