Case Name: Pamela J. FOX, on behalf of herself and as next friend to C.M.R., a minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF TULARE; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-01-10
Citations: 672 F. App'x 767
Docket Number: No. 14-17039
Parties: Pamela J. FOX, on behalf of herself and as next friend to C.M.R., a minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF TULARE; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: GRABER and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges, and FOOTE, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 672
Pages: 767–768

Head Matter:
Pamela J. FOX, on behalf of herself and as next friend to C.M.R., a minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF TULARE; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 14-17039
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted December 14, 2016 San Francisco, California
Filed January 10, 2017
Stephanie J. Finelli, Law Office of Stephanie J. Finelli, Sacramento, CA, Seth Louis Goldstein, Esquire, Law Offices of Seth L. Goldstein, Monterey, CA, Andrea M. Miller, Esquire, Nageley, Meredith & Miller, Inc., Sacramento, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant
Deborah Ann Byron, Michael Gary Woods, Attorney, McCormick Barstow Sheppard Wayte & Carruth, Fresno, CA, for Defendants-Appellees County of Tu-lare, Julia Langley, Carol Helding, John A. Rozum
Leslie M. Dillahunty, Esquire, Attorney, Brande L. Gustafson, Michelle Earline Sassano, Esquire, Attorney, Weakley & Arendt LLP, Fresno, CA, for Defendants-Appellees Leticia Castaneda, Erica Soto, Ron Castaneda
Wendy Jean Murphy, New England Law, Boston, MA, Robin Yeamans, Law Office of Robin Yeamans, Los Gatos, CA, for Amici Curiae Child Justice, Inc., Liberty Center for Child Protection, Women’s and Children’s Advocacy Project At New England Law%COboston
Before: GRABER and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges, and FOOTE, District Judge.
The Honorable Elizabeth E. Foote, United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Plaintiff Pamela Fox, on behalf of herself and her minor child C.M.R., appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Tulare County and various County employees—social workers, a former Sheriffs Deputy, and County counsel - dismissing Fox's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 1985 claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.
1. The district court correctly ruled that there was no factual dispute about a state- created danger. The Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause guarantees a right to be free from a state-created danger, see Patel v. Kent Sch. Dist., 648 F.3d 965, 971-72 (9th Cir. 2011), but there is no evidence in the record that any Defendant exposed C.M.R. to a danger that she otherwise would not have faced.
2. The district court correctly ruled that there was no factual dispute related to a substantive due process right to care, custody, companionship, and management. Such a right is clearly established, see Lassiter v. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 452 U.S. 18, 27, 101 S.Ct. 2153, 68 L.Ed.2d 640 (1981), but there is no evidence in the record that any Defendant interfered with the right either to custody or companionship.
3. The district court correctly concluded that there was no specific procedural due process right to access evidence. Without an established right, there can be no violation.
4. The district court correctly found that there was no evidence of a conspiracy to discriminate against Fox on the basis of her gender. Section 1985(2) prohibits a conspiracy to deny equal protection of the laws, but there is no evidence in the record that any Defendant conspired to discriminate on the basis of gender.
5. Finally, the County of Tulare is not liable for the actions of its employees. A municipality may be liable under § 1983 when an action taken pursuant to an official policy causes a constitutional harm. Monell v. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 436 U.S. 658, 691, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978). There is no evidence in the record establishing that the County maintained a policy or practice that harmed Fox or C.M.R., nor did Fox show that an official with final policy-making authority either caused the alleged harm or ratified a sub- . ordinate's action that caused the harm.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.