Case Name: James E. BRYANT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A.L. PINEDA, Correctional Lieutenant, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-09-07
Citations: 395 F. App'x 386
Docket Number: No. 09-17055
Parties: James E. BRYANT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A.L. PINEDA, Correctional Lieutenant, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, HAWKINS, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 395
Pages: 386–387

Head Matter:
James E. BRYANT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A.L. PINEDA, Correctional Lieutenant, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 09-17055.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 23, 2010.
Filed Sept. 7, 2010.
James E. Bryant, Corcoran, CA, pro se.
Before: LEAVY, HAWKINS, and THOMAS, 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
James E. Bryant, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging federal due process and state law claims arising from his placement in a single cell. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir.2000), and we affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Bryant's due process claims related to correctional officer Pineda's failure to prevent or fully investigate other inmates' alleged theft of Bryant's property because Bryant had an adequate post-deprivation remedy under California law. See Barnett v. Centoni, 31 F.3d 813, 816 (9th Cir.1994) (per curiam) (random and unauthorized deprivations of property do not violate due process when a meaningful post-deprivation remedy is available).
The district court properly dismissed Bryant's due process claims concerning Pineda's alleged failure to follow prison regulations in investigating false accusations of sexual misconduct against Bryant because Bryant failed to allege facts implicating a protected liberty interest. See Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472, 484, 115 S.Ct. 2293, 132 L.Ed.2d 418 (1995) (protected liberty interest arises only when a restraint exceeds an inmate's sentence in "an unexpected manner" or imposes "atypical, significant deprivation on the inmate in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life").
The district court also properly declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Bryant's state law claims after dismissing his federal claims without leave to amend. See 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(3).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.