Case Name: Sharon S. HENRY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-03-27
Citations: 522 F. App'x 406
Docket Number: No. 11-16927
Parties: Sharon S. HENRY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: WALLACE and IKUTA, Circuit Judges, and GARBIS, Senior District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 522
Pages: 406–408

Head Matter:
Sharon S. HENRY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 11-16927.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted March 15, 2013.
Filed March 27, 2013.
Jose Luis Fuentes, Daniel M. Siegel, Siegel & Yee, Oakland, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Jan T. Chilton, Mark Joseph Kenney, Esquire, Andrew S. Elliott, Esquire, Sev-erson & Werson, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: WALLACE and IKUTA, Circuit Judges, and GARBIS, Senior District Judge.
The Honorable Marvin J. Garbis, Senior District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Sharon Henry appeals from the district court's judgment disposing of her state claims against Nancy Mendoza and Bank of America and her federal and state civil rights claims against Calvin Chow, Raymond Lee, and the City and County of San Francisco. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We note at the outset that Henry's claims arise from a perfect storm of coincidences and a case of mistaken identity and that her actions in this matter were blameless. Moreover, she presented nonfrivolous claims in her complaint. Nevertheless, we affirm the district court's orders.
The Anti-SLAPP statute applies to Henry's state claims against Mendoza and Bank of America because the "principal thrust or gravamen" of these claims is based on Mendoza's report to the police, and the record does not conclusively estab lish that Mendoza's report to the police was unlawful. Dwight R. v. Christy B., 212 Cal.App.4th 697, 151 Cal.Rptr.3d 406, 415-416 (2013). The district court did not err in striking these claims under the Anti-SLAPP statute. See Equilon Enters. v. Consumer Cause, Inc., 29 Cal.4th 53, 67, 124 Cal.Rptr.2d 507, 52 P.3d 685 (2002). Henry failed to adduce any evidence of circumstances suggesting a discriminatory motive on the part of Mendoza and, therefore, failed to show a probability of prevailing on her Unruh Act discrimination claim. See Guz v. Bechtel Nat'l Inc., 24 Cal.4th 317, 355, 100 Cal.Rptr.2d 352, 8 P.3d 1089 (2000). Because Henry likewise failed to show that Mendoza's conduct in dishonoring her check was extreme and outrageous as a matter of law, she did not show a probability of prevailing on her intentional infliction of emotional distress claim.
The district court was correct to grant Mendoza and Bank of America summary judgment with respect to Henry's negligence claim. Henry does not claim she suffered any physical injuries as a result of Mendoza's conduct in dishonoring the check, and the emotional injuries she identified are insufficient to support a negligence claim. See Gilchrist v. Jim Slemons Imps., Inc., 803 F.2d 1488, 1499 (9th Cir.1986).
Officers Chow and Lee are entitled to qualified immunity with regard to Henry's § 1983 claim for false arrest because "it is reasonably arguable that there was probable cause for arrest." Rosenbaum v. Washoe Cnty., 663 F.3d 1071, 1076 (9th Cir.2011). In particular, the officers learned that Henry's check was written by a Kathleen Wilkinson, that there was only one Kathleen Wilkinson in Bank of America's database, that this Wilkinson was out of the country, and that this Wilkinson's signature did not match the signature on Henry's check. Based on the same facts, the officers are entitled to state law statutory immunity with respect to Henry's state law claims. See Cal.Penal Code § 847(b)(1).
The district court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of the City and County of San Francisco. Henry did not produce evidence that the City and County of San Francisco "has adopted an illegal or unconstitutional policy or custom" that resulted in a violation of Henry's constitutional rights, Robinson v. Solano Cnty., 278 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir.2002) (en banc), so it is entitled to summary judgment on Henry's § 1983 claim. The City and County of San Francisco is entitled to immunity from Henry's state law claims because it shares the immunity of officers Chow and Lee. See Cal. Gov't Code § 815.2(b).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.
. Henry does not challenge the district court's ruling that 31 U.S.C. § 5318(g)(3)(A) precludes her from basing this claim or any other claim on Mendoza's report to the police.
. As it turned out, Bank of America and Mendoza had identified the wrong Kathleen Wilkinson. The Kathleen Wilkinson who wrote Henry's check was not in the bank's database.