Case Name: Joshua TOLSMA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF SEATTLE; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-11-21
Citations: 489 F. App'x 185
Docket Number: No. 11-35990
Parties: Joshua TOLSMA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF SEATTLE; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: CANBY, TROTT, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 489
Pages: 185–186

Head Matter:
Joshua TOLSMA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF SEATTLE; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 11-35990.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 13, 2012.
Filed Nov. 21, 2012.
John R. Seannell, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Stephen P. Larson, Esquire, Frey Buck, P.S., Seattle, WA, for Defendants-Appel-lees.
Before: CANBY, TROTT, and W. FLETCHER, 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
Joshua Tolsma appeals from the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging Fourth Amendment violations, and state false arrest and malicious prosecution claims, arising from two unrelated arrests in 2007 and 2008. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Blankenhorn v. City of Orange, 485 F.3d 463, 470 (9th Cir.2007). We may affirm on any ground supported by the record. Barry v. Fowler, 902 F.2d 770, 772 n. 4 (9th Cir.1990). We affirm.
Summary judgment on Tolsma's claims related to the 2007 arrest was proper because Tolsma failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether the officers lacked probable cause for the arrest and prosecution. See Blankenhorn, 485 F.3d at 471 ("The test for whether probable cause exists is whether at the moment of arrest the facts and circumstances within the knowledge of the arresting officers and of which they had reasonably trustworthy information were sufficient to warrant a prudent [person] in believing that the petitioner had committed or was committing an offense." (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); Hanson v. Snohomish, 121 Wash.2d 552, 852 P.2d 295, 301 (1993) (probable cause is a complete defense to false arrest and malicious prosecution claims under Washington law).
Summary judgment on Tolsma's claims related to the 2008 arrest was proper because Tolsma failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether the officers lacked probable cause for the arrest and prosecution. See id.; see also State v. Potter, 156 Wash.2d 835, 132 P.3d 1089, 1091 (2006) ("At the time of the arrest, the arresting officer need not have evidence to prove each element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.").
The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying additional discovery because Tolsma failed to show that discovery would have yielded facts that would have precluded summary judgment. See Klingele v. Eikenberry, 849 F.2d 409, 412 (9th Cir.1988) ("The burden is on the nonmov-ing party . to show what material facts would be discovered that would preclude summary judgment.").
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.