Case Name: Darin JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-04-28
Citations: 601 F. App'x 502
Docket Number: No. 13-15177
Parties: Darin JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, BYBEE, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 601
Pages: 502–503

Head Matter:
Darin JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 13-15177.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 22, 2015.
Filed April 28, 2015.
Darin Jones, pro se.
Nicholas D. Acedo, Esquire, Amy Nguyen, Daniel Patrick Struck, Esquire, Managing Senior Counsel, Kevin L. Nguyen, Struck, Wieneke & Love, PLC, Chandler, AZ, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: GOODWIN, BYBEE, and CHRISTEN, 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
Alaska state prisoner Darin Jones appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging various constitutional violations by Corrections Corporation of America ("CCA"). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir.2004), and we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment on Jones's failure to protect claims because, even assuming that a constitutional deprivation occurred, Jones failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether any constitutional deprivation resulted from an official policy, practice, or custom of CCA. See Monell v. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 436 U.S. 658, 690-91, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978) (explaining that an entity acting under color of state law may be sued only where the action that is alleged to be unconstitutional implements or executes a policy statement, ordinance, regulation, or decision officially adopted and promulgated by that body's officers, or if the deprivations are pursuant to governmental custom); see also Tsao v. Desert Palace, Inc., 698 F.3d 1128, 1139 (9th Cir.2012) ("[W]e see no basis in the reasoning underlying Monell to distinguish between municipalities and private entities acting under color of state law.").
We do not consider Jones's argument regarding amendment of his complaint because he raised this argument for the first time on appeal. See Greger v. Barnhart, 464 F.3d 968, 973 (9th Cir.2006) (holding that a new issue raised on appeal was waived by counseled plaintiffs failure to raise it before the district court).
We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief. 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.