Case Name: Pedro RIVERA, aka Tomas Salamanca Ramirez, aka Dennis Gonzales, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Don BELL, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-02-19
Citations: 509 F. App'x 628
Docket Number: No. 08-35349
Parties: Pedro RIVERA, aka Tomas Salamanca Ramirez, aka Dennis Gonzales, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Don BELL, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: FERNANDEZ, TASHIMA, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 509
Pages: 628–629

Head Matter:
Pedro RIVERA, aka Tomas Salamanca Ramirez, aka Dennis Gonzales, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Don BELL, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 08-35349.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 11, 2013.
Filed Feb. 19, 2013.
Pedro Rivera, pro se.
Rhonda Clairmont Swaney, Esquire, Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes Legal Department, Pablo, MT, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: FERNANDEZ, TASHIMA, and WARDLAW, 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
Pedro Rivera, aka Tomas Salamanca Ramirez, aka Dennis Gonzales, appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging claims arising from his arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol and other charges. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Sorrels v. McKee, 290 F.3d 965, 969 (9th Cir.2002), and we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment on Rivera's excessive force claim under the doctrine of qualified immunity because Rivera failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendant used unreasonable force in trying to gain control over, search, and arrest Rivera after Rivera refused to obey instructions, behaved erratically, and tried to resist the officer. See Tatum v. City & County of San Francisco, 441 F.3d 1090, 1095-96 (9th Cir.2006) (use of force during an arrest was objectively reasonable, not excessive, where suspect, who later died of cocaine toxicity, was agitated, refused to obey commands, struggled out of the officer's grasp, and otherwise resisted arrest); see also Pearson v. Callahan, 555 U.S. 223, 231-32, 129 S.Ct. 808, 172 L.Ed.2d 565 (2009) (defendants were entitled to qualified immunity where there is no violation of plaintiffs constitutional right or the right at issue was not "clearly established").
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.