NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JUL 13 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
JAMES GODOY et al., No. 10-15801 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
Plaintiffs - Appellants, D.C. No. 4:09-cv-04793-PJH
v.
MEMORANDUM*
ROBERT A. HOREL, Warden; et al.,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of California
Phyllis J. Hamilton, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted July 11, 2011**
San Francisco, California
Before: HUG, SILVERMAN, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Plaintiffs are eight California prisoners who challenge the decision by
Defendants, who are state officials or employees, to raise the price of certain
goods, such as coffee, in the prison canteen. Reviewing de novo the district court’s
dismissal of Plaintiffs’ claims for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), Caviness v. Horizon Cmty. Learning Ctr., Inc., 590 F.3d
806, 811–12 (9th Cir. 2010), we affirm the district court for the cogent reasons
stated in its order.
AFFIRMED.
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