Case Name: Sanford D. JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lee D. BACA, Sheriff of Los Angeles County; County of Los Angeles, a public entity, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-03-03
Citations: 560 F. App'x 652
Docket Number: No. 11-56503
Parties: Sanford D. JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lee D. BACA, Sheriff of Los Angeles County; County of Los Angeles, a public entity, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: ALARCÓN, O’SCANNLAIN, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 560
Pages: 652–653

Head Matter:
Sanford D. JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lee D. BACA, Sheriff of Los Angeles County; County of Los Angeles, a public entity, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 11-56503.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 18, 2014.
Filed March 3, 2014.
Sanford D. Jones, Coalinga, CA, pro se.
Justin William Clark, Esquire, Aaron Mitchell Fontana, Esquire, Raymond W. Sakai, Esquire, Lawrence Beach Allen & Choi, PC, Glendale, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: ALARCÓN, O’SCANNLAIN, and FERNANDEZ, 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
Sanford D. Jones appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging constitutional violations during his detention in the Los Angeles County Jail pursuant to California's Sexually Violent Predator Act ("SVP Act"). We review de novo, Jones v. Blanas, 393 F.3d 918, 926 (9th Cir.2004), and we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment because, even assuming that a constitutional deprivation occurred, Jones failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether any such constitutional deprivation resulted from an official county custom or policy, whether Baca was personally involved in any constitutional violation, or whether there was a causal connection between- Baca's conduct and any such violation. See Monell v. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 436 U.S. 658, 690-91, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978) (requirements for municipal liability); Starr v. Baca, 652 F.3d 1202, 1207 (9th Cir.2011) (requirements for supervisory liability); see also Sanchez v. Vild, 891 F.2d 240, 242 (9th Cir.1989) (party opposing summary judgment must present "significant probative evidence tending to support its claim that material, triable issues of fact remain" (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).
We reject Jones's contention that his detention in a jail pursuant to the SVP Act is unconstitutional. See Jones, 393 F.3d at 932 (declining to hold that involuntary civil commitment detainees cannot be housed in jail).
We also reject Jones's contention that he raised a genuine dispute of material fact based on the "totality of conditions" of his confinement. Hoptowit v. Ray, 682 F.2d 1237, 1246 (9th Cir.1982), abrogated on other grounds by Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472, 115 S.Ct. 2293, 132 L.Ed.2d 418 (1995) (courts generally may not find constitutional violations based on the totality of conditions of confinement).
We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n. 2 (9th Cir.2009) (per curiam).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.