Opinion ID: 2784568
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: FASIC Defendants

Text: We affirm the district court’s dismissal of Fallay’s § 1983 claims with prejudice against the FASIC Defendants because Fallay’s allegations do not indicate that these defendants were state actors. Fallay failed to allege facts that the FASIC Defendants had an “agreement or meeting of the minds” with the government to violate his constitutional rights. See Radcliffe v. Rainbow Constr. Co., 254 F.3d 772, 783-84 (9th Cir. 2001). The district court correctly concluded that amendment would be futile – in Fallay’s opposition to FASIC’s motion to dismiss the First Amended Complaint, Fallay argued that the FASIC Defendants lied to the government, indicating that FASIC and the state actors did not agree to work in concert to violate his constitutional rights. 2 We grant the City Defendants’ request to take judicial notice of Exhibit B, consisting of documents from the state court criminal proceedings, and Exhibit C, consisting of copies of county rules. Fed. R. Evid. 201. However, we decline to take judicial notice of Exhibit A, the arbitration decision, because it raises arguments about the facts that may not be addressed in this appeal. See United States v. Corinthian Colleges, 655 F.3d 984, 999 (9th Cir. 2011). 5 We affirm the district court’s dismissal of Fallay’s § 1985 claims against the FASIC Defendants because Fallay failed to allege that their actions were motivated by discriminatory animus. See Butler v. Elle, 281 F.3d 1014, 1028 (9th Cir. 2002). Although Fallay argues that he alleged facts of discriminatory animus in his opposition to FASIC’s motion to dismiss the SAC, he failed to include such allegations in the SAC after he had been notified upon dismissal of the FAC that allegations regarding discriminatory animus were necessary. To the contrary, the SAC affirmatively alleged a different motivation on the part of the FASIC Defendants, that they had hostile feelings toward Fallay growing out of Fallay’s previous insurance claim.