Case Name: Lon Derrick CARTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nick DAWSON; Kathy Mendoza-Powers, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-11-03
Citations: 670 F. App'x 524
Docket Number: No. 15-15575
Parties: Lon Derrick CARTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nick DAWSON; Kathy Mendoza-Powers, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, GRABER, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 670
Pages: 524–524

Head Matter:
Lon Derrick CARTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nick DAWSON; Kathy Mendoza-Powers, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 15-15575
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted October 25, 2016
Filed November 3, 2016
Lon Derrick Carter, Pro Se.
Aseil H. Mohmoud, Esquire, Deputy Attorney General, AGCA-Office of the California Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: LEAVY, GRABER, 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
California state prisoner Lon Derrick Carter appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging constitutional violations in connection with his conditions of confinement. 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 because Carter failed to raise a genuine dispute of fact as to whether defendants caused Carter to contract a bacterial infection. See Harper v. City of Los Angeles, 533 F.3d 1010, 1026 (9th Cir. 2008) ("In a § 1983 action, the plaintiff must . demonstrate that the defendant's conduct was the actionable cause of the claimed injury.").
The district court properly denied Carter's Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(d) motion to continue summary judgment to allow further discovery because Carter failed to identify specific facts to be obtained in discovery that would have precluded summary judgment. See Qualls By & Through Qualls v. Blue Cross of Cal., Inc., 22 F.3d 839, 844 (9th Cir. 1994) (setting forth standard of review; district court properly denied Rule 56(f) (now Rule 56(d)) motion where additional requested discovery would, not have precluded summary judgment).
The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Carter's motions to strike the declarations of J. Buck and L. Hansen. See El Pollo Loco, Inc. v. Hashim, 316 F.3d 1032, 1041 (9th Cir. 2003) (standard of review).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.