Case Name: Edwin VALENCIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John DOES, Nos. 1-3, Correctional Officers at Corcoran State Prison, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-03-17
Citations: 564 F. App'x 280
Docket Number: No. 13-15207
Parties: Edwin VALENCIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John DOES, Nos. 1-3, Correctional Officers at Corcoran State Prison, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, LEAYY, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 564
Pages: 280–281

Head Matter:
Edwin VALENCIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John DOES, Nos. 1-3, Correctional Officers at Corcoran State Prison, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 13-15207.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 10, 2014.
Filed March 17, 2014.
Edwin Valencia, Susanville, CA, pro se.
Before: PREGERSON, LEAYY, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
California state prisoner Edwin Valencia appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1988 action arising from the loss of his property following his transfer to another prison. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Weilburg v. Shapiro, 488 F.3d 1202, 1205 (9th Cir.2007) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A); Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir.1998) (order) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Valencia's action because Valencia had an adequate post-deprivation remedy under California law. See Hudson v. Palmer, 468 U.S. 517, 533, 104 S.Ct. 3194, 82 L.Ed.2d 393 (1984) ("[A]n unauthorized intentional deprivation of property by a state employee does not constitute a violation of the procedural requirements of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment if a meaningful postdeprivation remedy for the loss is available."); Barnett v. Centoni, 31 F.3d 813, 816-17 (9th Cir.1994) (per curiam) ("California [l]aw provides an adequate post-deprivation remedy for any property deprivations."). Contrary to Valencia's contentions otherwise, his complaint alleged that defendants disregarded prison regulations, which resulted in the loss of his property.
Valencia's contentions that he was not allowed adequate time to file an amended complaint, and that the district court should have inquired into his disability, are unpersuasive.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.