N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT
KR ISTY L. JIM ENEZ,

Pla i ntiff-Appe lla

nt,
v. SER VIC E EM PLOYEES INTER NATIONAL UNION LOC AL 775, a loc a l c ha pte r of a n uninc orporat e d la

bor orga niz ation; e t

a l., De fe nda n ts-Appe lle e s. No. 22-35238 D.C . No. 1:21-c v-03128-TOR
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 W a shington Thom a s O. R ic e , Distric t Judge , Pre siding Subm itte d Oc tobe r 19, 2023 * * San Fran c isc o , C a lifornia B e fore : W . FLETC HER , NGUYEN, a nd R . NELSON, C irc uit Judge s. Appe lla nt Kristy Jim e ne z live s in W a shington Sta te and provide s in-hom e he a lth se rvic e s to se ve ra l of he r fa m ily m e m be rs. Until M ay

2021, shepa id union 

# FIL ED OCT 23 2023 M OLLY C. DW Y E R, CLERK U. S. CO URT O F A PPEALS

* 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 Ninth C irc uit R

ule 36-3.

* * The pa

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

rgum e nt. Se e Fe d. R . App. P. 34(a )(2).due s to Appe lle e SEIU Loc a l 775. She brings c la i m s unde r 42 U.S.C . § 1983

a ga inst a l l Appe l le e s, a

c la im unde r the R a c ke te e r Influe nc e d a nd C orrupt Organiz ations (“ R IC O” ) Ac t a ga inst Appe l le e s SEIU Loc a l 775 a nd SEIU Inte rnationa l , a

nd two sta

te la w c la i m s. The distric t c o urt gra nte d a m otion to dism iss Jim e ne z ’ s c l a im s a ga i nst Appe lle e s the Gove rnor of W a shington a nd the Ac ting Se c re t ary

of the W a shington De

pa rtm e nt of Soc ia l a

nd He a lth Se rvic e s (the

“ State De fe nda

nts” ). The c ourt a lso gra

n te d a m otion for judgme nt on the ple a dings re ga

rding Jim e ne z ’ s c la i m s a ga inst SEIU Loc a l 775 a nd SEIU Inte rnationa l . W e hav e jurisdic tion unde r 28 U.S.C
. § 1291, a nd we a ffirm
. 1. The § 1983 c l a im s a ga inst SEIU Loc a l 775 a nd SEIU Inte rnationa l fa il for la c k of sta

t e a c tion. S

e e Be lgau v
. Insle e , 975 F.3d 940, 946–49 (9th C ir. 2020); W right v . Se rv . Emps. Int’l Union Loc
. 503 , 48 F.4th 1112, 1121–25 (9th C ir. 2022). 2. Jim e ne z la c ks sta

nding to se e k prospe c tive re lie f a g a inst theState De fe nda nts. He r due s de duc t ions stoppe d be fore she file d suit, a n d the distric t
c ourt did not err in finding tha t Jim e n e z ha s not shown tha t future injury

is suffic i e ntly

like ly to wa rrant prospe c tive re lie f. 3. Jim e ne z ’ s RIC O a lle gations, a c c e pte d a s true , do not show tha

t e i the r SEIU Loc a l 775 or SEIU Inte rnationa l a c te d with “ the spe c ific inte n t to de fra ud”
2re quire d for the a lle ge d pre dic ate offe nse of wire fraud. Ec le c ticProps. E., LLC v . Marc u s & Millic hap C

o. , 751 F.3d 990, 997 (9th C ir. 2014). Thefa c ts a lle g e d do not “ te nd to e xc l ude a

pla usible and innoc uous a lte rnative e xpla n ation” for the
una uthoriz e d de duc tions shea lle ge s. Id. at 998. Thedistric t c ourt thus properly dism isse d Jim e ne z ’ s RIC O c la im
. 4. The distric t c ourt a

ppropria te ly dism isse d

Jim e n e z ’ s c la im s with pre j udic e . “ Dism issa l with pre judic e . . . is not a

ppropria te unle ss it is c le ar on de
novo re vie w tha

t the c om pla int c ould not besa

ve d by am e ndm e nt.” E

mine nc e C ap., LLC v . Aspe on, Inc
. , 316 F.3d 1048, 1052 (9th C ir. 2003). Thea l le gations in Jim e n e z ’ s c om

pla i nt show tha

t SEIU Loc a l 775 a

n d SEIU Inte rnationa l a

re not sta te a c tors a

nd tha t Jim e ne zla c ks sta

nding to pursue

he r c la i m s a ga inst theState De fe nda nts. W ith re g ard to he r R IC O c la im , Jim e n e z ha s propose d to a m e nd he r c om pla i nt, but only to fix a

ty pogra phic a l e rror. She ha s not a rgue d to us tha

t the re is a ny a dditiona l inform ation shewould inc lude in a n am e nde d c om

p la int tha t would a ddre ss tha

t c la im ’ s de fic ie nc ie s. AFFIRM E D.

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