N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT
GONZALO VALDOVINOS-B LANC O, Plaintiff - Appe lla nt,
v. NEIL H. ADLER , W a

rde n; B UR

NETT R UC KER , M .D.; M ANAGEM ENT AND TR AINING C ORPOR

ATION; FEDER

AL B UREAU OF PRISONS, De fe nda

nts - Appe lle e s. No. 13-16289 D.C . No. 1:12-c v-00211-B AM
M EM O R ANDUM *

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the Ea ste rn Distric t of C a lifornia B arbara M c Auliffe , M a g istra

te Judge , Pre siding * * Subm itte d Fe brua

ry 14, 2014 *** B e fore : HUG, FAR

R IS, an d C ANB Y, C irc uit Judge s . 

# FIL ED OCT 27 2014 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U
. S
. CO URT O F APPEALS

* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public at ion a

nd is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d

by 9th C ir. R . 36-3. ** The pa

rtie s c onse nte d to proc e e d be fore a m a gistra te judge
. Se e28 U.S.C . § 636(c ).

*** The pa

ne l una nim ously c onc lude s this c a se is suita ble for de c ision without oral a

rgum e nt. Se eFe d. R . App. P. 34(a)(2).Gonz a lo Va ldovinos-B la nc o a ppe a ls pro sethe distric t c ourt’ s judgm e nt dism issing, pursua

nt to 28 U.S.C . § 1915(e )(2)(B ), his a c tion a lle ging de libe rate indiffe re nc e to his m e dic a l ne e ds a nd viola tion of his Eight Am

e ndm e nt rights. W e hav e jurisdic tion unde r 28 U.S.C . § 1291, a nd we a ffirm
. B e c a use Va ldovinos-B la

nc o a l le ge d wrongdoing a t a fe de ra l prison ra

the r tha n wrongdoing by

pe rsons a c ting unde r c olor of sta te la w, the m a gistra

te judge prope rly c ha ra c te riz e d Va ldovinos-B la

nc o’ s c la im s a s a

n a c tion unde r Biv e ns v . Six Unk now n N ame d Age nts of Fe de ral Bure au of N arc otic s, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), not
an a c tion unde r 42 U.S.C . § 1983. Se e Daly -Murphy v . W inston , 837 F.2d 348, 355 (9th C i r. 1987); s e ealso Hartman v. Moore , 547 U.S. 250, 255 n.2 (2006); Starr v . Bac a , 652 F.3d 1202, 1206 (9th C ir. 2011). Va ldovinos-B la

nc o c onte nds tha

t the m a g istra

te judge e rre d

by dism issing his a c tion without gra

nting le av e to a

m e nd. He wa s im

p risone d at a priva te l y ope rat e d fe de ra l prison. A Biv e ns a c tion a l le ging im prope r m e dic a l c a

re m ay not be pursue d a ga inst a

ny of the de fe n da

nts in this ac tion. Se e Minne c i v . Pollard , 132 S. C t. 617, 626 (2012) (holding tha t fe de ra l prisone r m a

y not pursuea Biv e ns c la im a ga inst priva

te ly e m ploy e d pe rsonne l working a t a priva te ly ope rate d fe de ra l prison whe re the a lle ge dly wrongful c onduc t

is of a kind tha t ty pic a lly fa lls within the s c ope of tra ditiona l sta te tort la w, suc h a s im

prope r m e d ic a l c are ); C

orre c tional
2Se rv ic e

s C o rp. v . Male

sk o , 534 U.S. 61, 63 (2001) (holding tha t a Biv e ns a c tion
m ay not be brought a ga inst a

priva te c o rporation); FDIC

v . Me y e r , 510 U.S. 471, 484-86 (1994) (holding tha t a Biv e n s c a

use of a c tion m ay

not be brought a g a inst a gove rnm e nt a ge nc y ). B e c a use the m a g istra

t e judge c orre c tly

c onc lude d tha

t Va ldovinos-B la

nc o c annot c ure this de fic ie nc y by am e ndm e nt, she did not a buse he r disc re tion by

dism issing the

a c tion without le av e to a m e nd. S e e Lope z v . Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1130 (9th C ir. 2000) (e n ba nc ) (se tting forth sta

nda rd of
re vie w a n d e xpla i ning tha

t le ave to a

m e nd should be

grante d unle ss the de fic ie nc ie s in the c om

pla i nt c annot be c ure d by am e ndm e nt). AFFIRM E D
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