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Trujillo v. Ruiz

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Apr 19, 2017
No. 16-15101 (9th Cir. Apr. 19, 2017)

Opinion

No. 16-15101

04-19-2017

GUILLERMO CRUZ TRUJILLO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RUIZ, C/O; BOYD, C/O, Defendants-Appellees.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

D.C. No. 1:14-cv-00975-SAB MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
Stanley A. Boone, Magistrate Judge, Presiding Before: GOULD, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Trujillo consented to proceed before a magistrate judge. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).

Guillermo Cruz Trujillo, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging claims arising out of the unauthorized deprivation of his personal property. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Hamilton v. Brown, 630 F.3d 889, 892 (9th Cir. 2011) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A); Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir. 1998) (order) (dismissal under § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii)). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Trujillo's federal due process claim because Trujillo had an adequate postdeprivation remedy under California law. See Hudson v. Palmer, 468 U.S. 517, 533 (1984) ("[A]n unauthorized intentional deprivation of property by a state employee does not constitute a violation of the procedural requirements of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment if a meaningful postdeprivation remedy for the loss is available."); Barnett v. Centoni, 31 F.3d 813, 816-17 (9th Cir. 1994) ("California [l]aw provides an adequate post-deprivation remedy for any property deprivations.").

The district court properly dismissed any state law claim because Trujillo failed to allege timely compliance with the California Tort Claims Act. See Mangold v. Cal. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 67 F.3d 1470, 1477 (9th Cir. 1995) ("The California Tort Claims Act requires, as a condition precedent to suit against a public entity, the timely presentation of a written claim . . . .").

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Trujillo v. Ruiz

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Apr 19, 2017
No. 16-15101 (9th Cir. Apr. 19, 2017)
Case details for

Trujillo v. Ruiz

Case Details

Full title:GUILLERMO CRUZ TRUJILLO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RUIZ, C/O; BOYD, C/O…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Apr 19, 2017

Citations

No. 16-15101 (9th Cir. Apr. 19, 2017)

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