Case Name: SEATTLE FISHING SERVICES LLC, a Washington limited liability company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BERGEN INDUSTRIES AND FISHING COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Defendant, and Keesal Young and Logan, a Washington corporation; Lavinia Corporation, a foreign corporation; Washington Mutual Inc.; Washington Mutual Bank; Washington Mutual Bank, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-06-18
Citations: 242 F. App'x 436
Docket Number: No. 05-35630
Parties: SEATTLE FISHING SERVICES LLC, a Washington limited liability company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BERGEN INDUSTRIES AND FISHING COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Defendant, and Keesal Young and Logan, a Washington corporation; Lavinia Corporation, a foreign corporation; Washington Mutual Inc.; Washington Mutual Bank; Washington Mutual Bank, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before FISHER and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and EZRA, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 242
Pages: 436–441

Head Matter:
SEATTLE FISHING SERVICES LLC, a Washington limited liability company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BERGEN INDUSTRIES AND FISHING COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Defendant, and Keesal Young and Logan, a Washington corporation; Lavinia Corporation, a foreign corporation; Washington Mutual Inc.; Washington Mutual Bank; Washington Mutual Bank, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 05-35630.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Feb. 9, 2007.
Filed June 18, 2007.
Dennis Michael Moran, Esq., Moran Windes & Wong, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Robert J. Boeko, Esq., Philip Raoul Lempriere, Esq., Catharine M. Morisset, Esq., Keesal Young & Logan, Michael A. Barcott, Esq., Holmes Weddle & Barcott, Tait Owen Norton, Esq., Washington Mutual Legal Services, Seattle, WA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before FISHER and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and EZRA, District Judge.
The Honorable David A. Ezra, United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Appellant Seattle Fishing Services LLC ("SFS") appeals the district court's order granting defendants' motion to dismiss and remanding to state court. The parties know the facts and procedural history, and we do not repeat them here. We have jurisdiction and affirm.
We review de novo the district court's dismissal for failure to state a claim. Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Dep't, 901 F.2d 696, 699 (9th Cir.1990). To state a claim under § 1988, a plaintiff must establish that (1) the defendant acted under color of state law; and (2) the defendant's conduct deprived the plaintiff of a right secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States. Am. Mfrs. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Sullivan, 526 U.S. 40, 49-50, 119 S.Ct. 977, 143 L.Ed.2d 130 (1999). Dismissal is proper because the Complaint fails to show that defendants acted under color of state law.
SFS's complaint is devoid of any facts demonstrating the State's role, or the defendants' involvement with the court clerks who issued the writs of garnishment — a purely ministerial act. Moreover, SFS's complaint describes conduct — private misuse of a state statute — that is not attributable to the state. See Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co., Inc., 457 U.S. 922, 941, 102 S.Ct. 2744, 73 L.Ed.2d 482 (1982) (explaining that a deprivation caused by a state-created procedure may be attributed to the state whereas a deprivation caused by the misuse of that procedure cannot); see also id. ("That respondents invoked the statute without the grounds to do so could in no way be attributed to a state rule or state decision.").
Because SFS's allegations establish only that private actors obtained writs of garnishment, and/or acted pursuant to those writs, the district court properly concluded that SFS failed to state a claim under § 1983. See Sullivan, 526 U.S. at 50, 119 S.Ct. 977 (stating that § 1983 excludes from its reach "'merely private conduct, no matter how discriminatory or wrongful' ") (quoting Blum v. Yaretsky, 457 U.S. 991, 1002, 102 S.Ct. 2777, 73 L.Ed.2d 534 (1982)); Tulsa Prof'l Collection Servs., Inc. v. Pope, 485 U.S. 478, 486, 108 S.Ct. 1340, 99 L.Ed.2d 565 (1988) (explaining that a court may find state action only when parties use state procedures "with the overt, significant assistance of state officials"); Gaskell v. Weir, 10 F.3d 626, 628 (9th Cir.1993) (deeming complaint patently frivolous where allegations of state action involved a court clerk performing the ministerial act of accepting and filing settlement documents).
It was further proper to dismiss the complaint without leave to amend. SFS no longer had a right to amend as a matter of course, and SFS never requested leave to amend. Nor does SFS argue on appeal that it was error to deny leave to amend. Furthermore, it is clear from the record that SFS cannot cure the defective pleading by alleging other facts. See Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1127 (9th Cir.2000). SFS challenges the defendants' misuse of the state statute, not "the procedural scheme created by the statute," Lugar, 457 U.S. at 941, 102 S.Ct. 2744, and allegations of state action arising from a court clerk performing the ministerial act of issuing garnishment writs are insufficient, see Gaskell, 10 F.3d at 628. Thus, the district court properly dismissed without granting leave to amend since it would have been futile.
Nor do we find a due process violation. The dissent finds Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp. of Bay View, 395 U.S. 337, 89 S.Ct. 1820, 23 L.Ed.2d 349 (1969), and North Georgia Finishing, Inc. v. Di-Chem, Inc., 419 U.S. 601, 95 S.Ct. 719, 42 L.Ed.2d 751 (1975), controlling. We disagree. Here, Keesal, Young & Logan sought post-judgment garnishment of funds held by SFS in a Seattle bank account for the use and benefit of the judgment debtor. Neither case broadly pro vides the right to pre-seizure notice and hearing in aid of executing a foreign judgment.
Finally, the district court had discretion to dismiss SFS's pendant state law claims upon properly dismissing SFS's § 1988 claim. 28 U.S.C. § 1867(c); O'Connor v. State of Nev., 27 F.3d 357, 362-63 (9th Cir.1994).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.