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# FI LED JU L 6 2 011 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS09- 17421 2 W e a f f i rm. T he di s tr i c tc ourtpr ope r l ygr a nt e d s um m a ryj udgm e ntf orde f e nda ntL una because T ho m pson fa i l ed t o rai se a genui ne di sput e of m at er i al fa ctas t o w hether L una“ pa rt i c i pa t e d i n ordi r e c t e d the [ a l l e ge d] vi ol a t i ons , orkne w of the [ a l l e ge d] vi ol at i on s and fa i l ed t o actt o p re ventthem , ” T a ylo r v. L ist , 880 F . 2d 1040, 1045 ( 9th C i r . 1989) , orw he the r“ apol i c yorc us t om . . . pl a y e d apa rti n the [ a l l e ge d] vi ol at i on [s ] , ” L arezv. C i t y of L os A ng eles , 94 6 F . 2d 63 0, 64 6 (9th C i r. 19 91 ). T h e d is tr ic t c o u rt p r o p e r lyg r a n te ds u m m a ryju d g m e n t f o rd e f e n d a n t O rtiz because T ho m pson fa i l ed t o rai se a genui ne di sput e of m at er i al fa ctas t o w hether O rtiz k n e w o f

a n dd is r e g a r d e da n e x c e s s iv e r is kto T h o m p s o n ’s h e a lth a n ds a f e ty . Se e T oguc hivChung , 3 9 1 F .3 d1 0 5 1 , 1 0 5 7 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 4 ) ( “A p r is o n o f f ic ia l a c ts w i th ‘ de l i be r a t e i ndi f

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e l s on , 534 P . 2d 1052, 1054 ( A r i z . 1975) ( s a m e l e ga l s t a nda r d f or m edi ca l m alprac t i ce cl ai m un der A ri zona l aw ). T he di s tr i c tc ourtdi d notabus e i t s di s c r e t i on bydi s m i s s i ng the c om pl a i nt w ith o u t le a v e to a m e n db e c au s e a m e n d m e n t w o u ldh a v e b e e n f u tile . See L op ezv. Sm ith , 2 0 3 F .3 d1 1 2 2 , 1 1 3 0 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 0 ) ( ad is tr ic t c o u rt n e e dn o t g r a n t le a v e to am end w here am endm entw ou l d b e f ut i l e) . T ho m pson ’ s r em ai ni ng cont ent i on s are un pers uasi ve. T hom ps on’ s r e que s tf

ors a nc t i ons i s de ni e d. AF F I RME D.