Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-25 19:01:08.794582+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        JAN 25 2023
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ROBERT R. SNYDER,                               No. 21-55087

                Plaintiff-Appellant,            D.C. No. 2:18-cv-01223-PSG-RAO

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION;
D. ASUNCION, Warden at California State
Prison, Los Angeles County, individual;
JOSIE GASTELO, Warden, Warden,
individual; D. SCHEIFFELE; P. WARD,
Sergeant, individual; B. FLOERCKY, Acting
Sgt., individual; B. PHILLIPS, Associate
Warden/Sergeant, individual; ACUNA, Duty
Sgt., individual; A. ESQUERRA, C.O.,
individual,

                Defendants-Appellees.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Central District of California
                   Philip S. Gutierrez, District Judge, Presiding

                           Submitted January 18, 2023**

Before:      GRABER, PAEZ, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

      *
             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).
      California state prisoner Robert R. Snyder appeals pro se from the district

court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging retaliation and

deliberate indifference to his health. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

We review de novo a dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).

Hebbe v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, 341 (9th Cir. 2010). We affirm.

      The district court properly dismissed Snyder’s action because Snyder failed

to allege facts sufficient to state a plausible violation of his constitutional rights.

See Watison v. Carter, 668 F.3d 1108, 1114 (9th Cir. 2012) (to establish

retaliation, plaintiffs must allege “a causal connection exists between the protected

conduct and the adverse action”); Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056-60 (9th

Cir. 2004) (a prison official is deliberately indifferent only if he or she knows of

and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health).

      The district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing Snyder’s

complaint without leave to amend because amendment would have been futile.

See Cervantes v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 656 F.3d 1034, 1041 (9th Cir.

2011) (setting forth standard of review and explaining that dismissal without leave

to amend is proper when amendment would be futile).

      AFFIRMED.

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