Case Name: Akan BOYD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRE BUREAU; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-03-06
Citations: 471 F. App'x 609
Docket Number: No. 10-17941
Parties: Akan BOYD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRE BUREAU; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 471
Pages: 609–610

Head Matter:
Akan BOYD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRE BUREAU; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 10-17941.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 21, 2012.
Filed March 6, 2012.
Akan Boyd, Oakland, CA, pro se.
Charles Edward Vose, Esquire, Christopher Kee, Oakland City Attorney’s Office, Oakland, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: FERNANDEZ, McKEOWN, and BYBEE, 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
Akan Boyd appeals pro se from the district court's order dismissing his action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the federal Administrative Procedure Act (the "APA") against the City of Oakland, the Oakland Fire Prevention Bureau, and two fire inspectors in their official capacities for charging him a fire inspection fee. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Knievel v. ESPN, 393 F.3d 1068, 1072 (9th Cir.2005), and we affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Boyd's Eighth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendment claims because Boyd failed to allege that his injuries were proximately caused by the defendants' conduct under an official city policy, custom, practice, or procedure. See Monell v. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 436 U.S. 658, 690 & n. 55, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978) (setting forth requirements for a § 1983 claim of municipal liability and stating that suits against officers in their official capacity are another way of pleading an action against the entity).
The district court properly dismissed Boyd's APA claim because Boyd failed to allege that the defendants were, or acted as, federal actors. See Gilliam v. Miller, 973 F.2d 760, 764 (9th Cir.1992) (test to determine if a state agency is acting as a federal actor for purposes of being subject to the APA).
Boyd's remaining contentions are unpersuasive.
Boyd's motion for relief from judgment is denied.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.