Case Name: Rodney T. KRALOVETZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Marion SPEARMAN; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-03-20
Citations: 683 F. App'x 632
Docket Number: No. 16-15615
Parties: Rodney T. KRALOVETZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Marion SPEARMAN; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, W. FLETCHER, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 683
Pages: 632–633

Head Matter:
Rodney T. KRALOVETZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Marion SPEARMAN; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 16-15615
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 8, 2017
Filed March 20, 2017
Rodney T. Kralovetz, Pro Se
Before: LEAVY, W. FLETCHER, and OWENS, 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
Rodney T. Kralovetz, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging claims arising out of the investigation of allegedly false allega tions that he sexually assaulted another inmate. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal for failure to state a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Belanus v. Clark, 796 F.3d 1021, 1024 (9th Cir. 2015). We vacate and remand.
The district court dismissed Kralovetz's action for failure to state a due process claim after considering the allegations in the complaint but not the attachments to the complaint, and denied leave to amend as futile. However, we conclude it is not absolutely clear that amendment would be futile. See Lucas v. Dep't of Corr., 66 F.3d 245, 248 (9th Cir. 1995) ("Unless it is absolutely clear that no amendment can cure the defect . a pro se litigant is entitled to notice of the complaint's deficiencies and an opportunity to amend prior to dismissal of the action."). For instance, Kralovetz alleges, including in his motion for reconsideration, that he was held near naked in a booth near an open window in 30 to 40 degree weather for close to three hours, after having been taken from a medical triage unit where he was registering a lower than normal body temperature. We vacate the judgment and remand for the district court to provide Kralovetz with leave to amend his complaint.
VACATED and REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3,