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Date Created: 2018-12-20 21:00:40.979127+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       DEC 20 2018
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MELVIN McCABE,                                  No. 18-35462

                Plaintiff-Appellant,            D.C. No. 1:17-cv-00458-DCN

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
THE IDAHO STATE BOARD OF
CORRECTION; IDAHO
CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRY
VOCATIONAL WORK PROJECTS,

                Defendants-Appellees.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                             for the District of Idaho
                     David C. Nye, District Judge, Presiding

                          Submitted December 17, 2018**

Before:      WALLACE, SILVERMAN, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

      Idaho state prisoner Melvin McCabe appeals pro se from the district court’s

judgment dismissing his action alleging claims under the Americans with

Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the Rehabilitation Act (“RA”). We have jurisdiction

      *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
      **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Watison v. Carter, 668 F.3d 1108,

1112 (9th Cir. 2012) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii)); Wilhelm v.

Rotman, 680 F.3d 1113, 1118 (9th Cir. 2012) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915A). We vacate and remand.

      The district court dismissed McCabe’s action after finding that McCabe’s

allegations regarding defendants’ discriminatory motive were insufficient to state a

plausible claim. However, McCabe alleged that defendants excluded him from

certain higher paying work placements on the basis of his bottom bunk assignment

and that, on information and belief, defendants have developed a discriminatory

“placement matrix” that favors non-disabled inmates. The generalized statements

regarding placement decisions, contained in the grievance form attached to the first

amended complaint, do not render implausible McCabe’s claims concerning his

specific placement requests. Liberally construed, McCabe’s allegations “are

sufficient to warrant ordering [defendants] to file an answer.” Wilhelm, 680 F.3d

at 1116; O’Guinn v. Lovelock Corr. Ctr., 502 F.3d 1056, 1060 (9th Cir. 2007)

(setting forth elements of claims under Title II of the ADA and the RA).

      We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued

in the opening brief. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).

      VACATED and REMANDED.

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