Case Name: Dwayne Edward ABRAHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al. 2575 Center st NE Salem Or 97301; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-06-14
Citations: 692 F. App'x 469
Docket Number: No. 14-35879
Parties: Dwayne Edward ABRAHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al. 2575 Center st NE Salem Or 97301; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: THOMAS, Chief Judge, . HAWKINS and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 692
Pages: 469–470

Head Matter:
Dwayne Edward ABRAHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al. 2575 Center st NE Salem Or 97301; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 14-35879
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 9, 2017
Filed June 14, 2017
Dwayne Edward Abraham, Pro Se
Denise Gale Fjordbeck, Assistant Attorney General, Oregon Department of Justice, Salem, OR, for Defendants-Appellees
Before: THOMAS, Chief Judge, . HAWKINS and McKEOWN, 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
Dwayne Edward Abraham, a former Oregon state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's summary judgment grant in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging federal and state law claims related to an early release program. Reviewing de novo, Taylor v. List, 880 F.2d 1040, 1044 (9th Cir. 1989), we have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
There was no error in granting summary judgment on Abraham's § 198B claims for damages against the Oregon Department of Corrections and state officials acting in their official capacities. The Eleventh Amendment bars those claims, see Brown v. Or. Dep't of Corr., 751 F.3d 983, 989 (9th Cir. 2014), and Oregon did not waive its Eleventh Amendment immunity to suit in federal court by enacting the Oregon Tort Claims Act, see Webber v. First Student, Inc., 928 F.Supp.2d 1244, 1269 (D. Or. 2013).
Moreover, there was no error in granting summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity to the state officials sued in their individual capacities. Qualified immunity protects "state officials from money damages unless a plaintiff pleads facts showing (1) that the official violated a statutory or constitutional right, and (2) that the right was 'clearly established' at the time of the challenged conduct." Ashcroft v. al-Kidd, 563 U.S. 731, 735, 131 S.Ct. 2074, 179 L.Ed.2d 1149 (2011) (citation omitted). Because it would not have been clear to every reasonable official that Oregon Administrative Rule 291-062-0140 (2005) was unlawful, the state officials here did not violate a "clearly established" statutory or constitutional right. See id.; see also Shinault v. Hawks, 782 F.3d 1053, 1059 (9th Cir. 2015) ("[Pjrocedural due process requirements can rarely be considered clearly established at least in the absence of closely corresponding factual and legal precedent."), (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).
Finally, there was no abuse of discretion in denying Abraham leave to file a second amended complaint. See Chodos v. W. Publ'g Co., 292 F.3d 992, 1003 (9th Cir. 2002). Abraham's motions for appointment of counsel, filed on August 10, 2015, August 28, 2015, and September 24, 2015, are denied.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.