Case Name: Ronald F. MARTINEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. L.E. SCRIBNER, Warden, et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-01-08
Citations: 503 F. App'x 550
Docket Number: No. 11-56737
Parties: Ronald F. MARTINEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. L.E. SCRIBNER, Warden, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 503
Pages: 550–551

Head Matter:
Ronald F. MARTINEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. L.E. SCRIBNER, Warden, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 11-56737.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 19, 2012.
Filed Jan. 8, 2013.
Ronald F. Martinez, Soledad, CA, pro se.
Neah Huynh, Deputy Attorney General, AGCA-Office of the California Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, Sylvie Snyder, Esquire, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, AGCA-Office of the California Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously condudes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Ronald F. Martinez, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that defendants violated his procedural due process, equal protection, and First Amendment rights. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, and may affirm on any ground supported by the record. Corales v. Bennett, 567 F.3d 554, 562 (9th Cir.2009). We affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment on Martinez's due process claim because Martinez's retention in administrative segregation after he served his 15-month term in the Segregated Housing Unit did not impose an "atypical and significant hardship on [him] in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life." Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472, 484, 115 S.Ct. 2293, 132 L.Ed.2d 418 (1995).
The district court properly granted summary judgment on Martinez's equal pro- teetion claim because Martinez failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether he was "intentionally treated differently from others similarly situated and [whether] there [was] no rational basis for the difference in treatment." Vill. of Willowbrook v. Olech, 528 U.S. 562, 564, 120 S.Ct. 1073, 145 L.Ed.2d 1060 (2000) (per curiam).
Even though the district court applied an incorrect subjective standard, summary judgment was nonetheless proper as to Martinez's First Amendment retaliation claim because Martinez failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants' actions " "would chill or silence a person of ordinary firmness from future First Amendment activities.' " Brodheim v. Cry, 584 F.3d 1262, 1271 (9th Cir.2009) (emphasis and citation omitted).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.