Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-10-17 19:00:35.651152+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       OCT 17 2023
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DAVID FLORENCE,                                 No. 22-15012

                Plaintiff-Appellant,            D.C. No. 1:19-cv-00331-DAD-
                                                BAM
 v.

S. KERNAN, Secretary of CDCR; R. M.             MEMORANDUM *
DIAZ, Under Secretary; K. J. POGUE,
Under Secretary; K. ALLISON, Director of
CDCR; B. KIBLER, Chief Deputy Warden,

                Defendants-Appellees.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Eastern District of California
                    Dale A. Drozd, District Judge, Presiding

                           Submitted October 10, 2023**

Before:      S.R. THOMAS, McKEOWN, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

      California state prisoner David Florence appeals pro se from the district

court’s judgment dismissing for failure to state a claim his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action

alleging claims under the First and Eighth Amendments. 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 the district court’s dismissal under 28

U.S.C. § 1915A. Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000). We affirm.

      The district court properly dismissed Florence’s action because Florence

failed to allege facts sufficient to state any plausible claim. See Hebbe v. Pliler,

627 F.3d 338, 341-42 (9th Cir. 2010) (although pro se pleadings are to be

construed liberally, a plaintiff must present factual allegations sufficient to state a

plausible claim for relief); see also Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 837 (1994)

(requirements for an Eighth Amendment violation in the prison context); Castro v.

County of Los Angeles, 833 F.3d 1060, 1073-76 (9th Cir. 2016) (requirements for

establishing liability on the basis of custom or policy); Brodheim v. Cry, 584 F.3d

1262, 1269 (9th Cir. 2009) (requirements for a First Amendment retaliation claim

in the prison context).

      Because Florence’s claims in this action and a prior action arose from

separate occurrences and were therefore unrelated, we reject as meritless

Florence’s contention that he should have been allowed to proceed on all of his

claims in the same action.

      AFFIRMED.

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