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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        DEC 21 2017
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ROBERT LEE GIVENS,                              No. 17-55433

                Plaintiff-Appellant,            D.C. No. 3:15-cv-02877-GPC-PCL

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
A. MILLER, Warden; et al.,

                Defendants-Appellees.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                     for the Southern District of California
                   Gonzalo P. Curiel, District Judge, Presiding

                          Submitted December 18, 2017**

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

      Robert Lee Givens, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the

district court’s judgment in his action alleging federal claims arising from repeated

disciplinary violations for failing to provide urine samples. We have jurisdiction

under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Mahoney v. Sessions, 871 F.3d 873,

      *
             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).
877 (9th Cir. 2017) (dismissal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6)); Resnick v. Hayes,

213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A); Barren v.

Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir. 1998) (order) (dismissal under 28

U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(2)). We may affirm on any basis supported by the record.

Mahoney, 871 F.3d at 877. We affirm.

      Dismissal of Givens’s Fourteenth Amendment due process claim was proper

because Givens failed to allege facts sufficient to show that defendants did not

afford him all of the process that he was due. See Superintendent v. Hill, 472 U.S.
445, 455 (1985) (requirements of due process are satisfied if “some evidence”

supports disciplinary decision); Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 563-70 (1974)

(setting forth due process requirements for prison disciplinary proceedings).

      Dismissal of Givens’s Eighth Amendment claim was proper because Givens

failed to allege facts sufficient to show that defendants deprived him of the

“minimal civilized measure of life’s necessities.” Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122,

1132-33 (9th Cir. 2000) (en banc) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted);

see also Hoptowit v. Ray, 682 F.2d 1237, 1246 (9th Cir. 1982) (explaining that the

Eighth Amendment requires the prison to “furnish[] sentenced prisoners with

adequate food, clothing, shelter, sanitation, medical care, and personal safety”),

abrogated on other grounds by Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472 (1995).

      The district court properly concluded that Givens’s requested injunctive

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relief under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) was moot because

Givens was transferred to another prison and Givens did not allege a “system

wide” policy upon which any defendant was capable of providing relief. See

Walker v. Beard, 789 F.3d 1125, 1132 (9th Cir. 2015) (explaining when a

prisoner’s claims for injunctive relief relating to prison conditions are rendered

moot by his transfer to another facility).

      The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Givens’s motion to

amend his complaint because amendment would be futile. See Chappel v. Lab.

Corp. of Am., 232 F.3d 719, 725-26 (9th Cir. 2000) (setting forth standard of

review and explaining that a district court acts within its discretion to deny leave to

amend a complaint if amendment would be futile).

      We do not consider arguments and allegations raised for the first time on

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

      Givens’s motion to dismiss defendants Sidhu, sued as “Jhon Doe,” Pimentel,

Hodges, Hemenway, Briggs (Docket Entry No. 27) is granted.

      Givens’s motion to appoint pro bono counsel (Docket Entry No. 22) is

denied.

      AFFIRMED.

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