Damien Davis v. Christie Myer

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED JUN 9 2020 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DAMIEN LEE DAVIS, No. 19-16512 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:19-cv-00136-JAM-CKD v. MEMORANDUM* CHRISTIE MYER, Chief of Probation; TIM WARD, District Attorney (Tulare County), Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California John A. Mendez, District Judge, Presiding Submitted June 2, 2020** Before: LEAVY, PAEZ, and BENNETT, Circuit Judges. California state prisoner Damien Lee Davis appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging a deprivation of personal property. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the district court’s dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Resnick v. Hayes, * 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. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000). We affirm. The district court properly dismissed Davis’s action because Davis failed to allege facts sufficient to state a plausible claim. See Hebbe v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, 341-42 (9th Cir. 2010) (although pro se pleadings are construed liberally, plaintiff must present factual allegations sufficient to state a plausible claim for relief); Preschooler II v. Clark Cty. Sch. Bd. of Trs., 479 F.3d 1175, 1183 (9th Cir. 2007) (a person subjects another to deprivation of a constitutional right within the meaning of § 1983 “if he does an affirmative act, participates in another’s affirmative act, or omits to perform an act which he is legally required to do that causes the deprivation of which complaint is made” (citations and internal quotation marks omitted)). We do not consider arguments and allegations raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009). We reject as unsupported by the record Davis’s contention that the district court violated his right to due process. AFFIRMED. 2 19-16512