FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOV 22 2011 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT TYRONE EVERETT PAYNE, No. 10-36022 Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 9:10-cv-00056-DWM v. MEMORANDUM * CITY OF MISSOULA; BEN SLATER, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Donald W. Molloy, District Judge, Presiding ** Submitted November 21, 2011 Before: TASHIMA, BERZON, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges. Tyrone Everett Payne, a Montana state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated during a traffic stop. We * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Ramirez v. City of Buena Park, 560 F.3d 1012, 1019 (9th Cir. 2009), and we affirm. The district court properly granted summary judgment on Payne’s Fourth Amendment claim because Officer Ben Slater had reasonable suspicion that Payne violated Mont. Code Ann. § 61-8-333(1)(b) before Slater made the traffic stop. See United States v. Lopez-Soto, 205 F.3d 1101, 1105 (9th Cir. 2000) (articulating standard). The district court properly granted summary judgment on Payne’s Fourteenth Amendment claim because Payne does not provide evidence that Slater acted in a discriminatory manner or with discriminatory intent. See Bingham v. City of Manhattan Beach, 341 F.3d 939, 948 (9th Cir. 2003), abrogated on other grounds by Virginia v. Moore, 553 U.S. 164 (2008). Moreover, because Payne has not shown any underlying constitutional violation, liability does not attach to the City of Missoula. See City of Los Angeles v. Heller, 475 U.S. 796, 799 (1986) (per curiam). Payne’s Motion for Submission on Briefs is granted. City of Missoula’s Motion to File DVD and CD is granted. AFFIRMED. 2 10-36022
Tyrone Payne v. City of Missoula
Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Date filed: 2011-11-22
Citations: 459 F. App'x 607
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