Case Name: Rodd FERNANDES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TOWN OF PAHRUMP, dba Pahrump Valley Fire-Rescue Services; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-03-28
Citations: 424 F. App'x 687
Docket Number: No. 10-15036
Parties: Rodd FERNANDES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TOWN OF PAHRUMP, dba Pahrump Valley Fire-Rescue Services; et al., Defendants—Appellees.
Judges: Before: FARRIS, O’SCANNLAIN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 424
Pages: 687–688

Head Matter:
Rodd FERNANDES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TOWN OF PAHRUMP, dba Pahrump Valley Fire-Rescue Services; et al., Defendants—Appellees.
No. 10-15036.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 8, 2011.
Filed March 28, 2011.
Jason Bach, Esquire, The Bach Law Firm LLC, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Jeffrey I. Pitegoff, Esquire, Pitegoff Law Office, Las Vegas, NV, Thomas Peter Beko, Esquire, Brent L. Ryman, Erickson, Thorpe & Swainston, Reno, NV, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: FARRIS, O’SCANNLAIN, 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
Rodd Fernandes appeals from the district court's judgment dismissing his action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Knievel v. ESPN, 398 F.3d 1068, 1072 (9th Cir.2005). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Fernandes's RICO claim because he did not allege facts suggesting a pattern of racketeering activity or any nexus to interstate commerce. See Turner v. Cook, 362 F.3d 1219, 1229 (9th Cir.2004) ("In order to constitute a 'pattern,' there must be at least two acts of racketeering activity within ten years of one another.") (citation omitted); Musick v. Burke, 913 F.2d 1390, 1398 (9th Cir.1990) (to state a civil RICO claim, the enterprise engaged in the racketeering activity must have a nexus to interstate commerce); see also Howard v. Am. Online Inc., 208 F.3d 741, 751 (9th Cir. 2000) ("Plaintiffs cannot claim that a conspiracy to violate RICO existed if they do not adequately plead a substantive violation of RICO.").
The district court properly dismissed Fernandes's equal protection claim because he did not allege facts suggesting that defendants acted with discriminatory intent or treated him differently from similarly situated individuals. See Squaw Valley Dev. Co. v. Goldberg, 375 F.3d 936, 944 (9th Cir.2004) ("plaintiff can establish a class of one equal protection claim by demonstrating that [he] has been intentionally treated differently from others similarly situated") (citation and internal quotation marks omitted), overruled in part on other grounds as stated in Action Apartment Ass'n, Inc. v. Santa Monica Rent Control Bd., 509 F.3d 1020, 1025 (9th Cir.2007).
Contrary to Fernandes's contentions, the district court acted within its discretion by denying leave to amend because amendment would have been futile. See Ventress v. Japan Airlines, 603 F.3d 676, 680 (9th Cir.2010).
Fernandes's remaining contentions are unpersuasive.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.