Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-03-29 17:00:41.414539+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       MAR 29 2024
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JEFFREY PAYNE,                                  No. 22-35506

                Plaintiff-Appellant,            D.C. No. 3:20-cv-05950-RJB

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND
HEALTH SERVICES, a subdivision of the
State of Washington; SPECIAL
COMMITMENT CENTER, an agency of
DSHS; HENRY RICHARDS; WILLIAM
VAN HOOK; SJAN TALBOT; DAVID
FLYNN,

                Defendants-Appellees.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                     for the Western District of Washington
                    Robert J. Bryan, District Judge, Presiding

                            Submitted March 26, 2024**

Before:      TASHIMA, SILVERMAN, and KOH, Circuit Judges.

      Civil detainee Jeffrey Payne appeals pro se from the district court’s

      *
             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).
summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging an equal protection

claim. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the

district court’s ruling on cross-motions for summary judgment. Hamby v.

Hammond, 821 F.3d 1085, 1090 (9th Cir. 2016). We affirm.

      The district court properly granted summary judgment for defendants

because Payne failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether civil

detainees housed in a total confinement facility, like Payne, were similarly situated

to civil detainees housed in transitional facilities. See Furnace v. Sullivan, 705

F.3d 1021, 1030 (9th Cir. 2013) (setting forth elements of a class-based

discrimination equal protection claim).

      Contrary to Payne’s contention, the district court did not err in allowing

defendants to clarify the signatory of the DeVos declaration following Payne’s

objection to the magistrate judge’s recommendation. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3)

(requiring the district judge to “determine de novo any part of the magistrate

judge’s disposition that has been properly objected to” and allowing the district

judge to “receive further evidence”).

      We reject as unsupported by the record Payne’s contention that the district

court provided him insufficient time to reply to defendants’ response to the

magistrate judge’s report and recommendation.

      AFFIRMED.

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