Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2011-06-10 00:02:09+00
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FILED
                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            JUN 09 2011

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RICHARD J. GLAIR,                                No. 09-56351

               Plaintiff - Appellant,            D.C. No. 2:06-cv-02730-R-RNB

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM *
CITY OF LOS ANGELES; et al.,

               Defendants - Appellees.

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Central District of California
                     Manuel L. Real, District Judge, Presiding

                              Submitted May 24, 2011 **

Before:        PREGERSON, THOMAS, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

       Richard J. Glair appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment

in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that defendants violated the First and

Fourth Amendments when they arrested him. We have jurisdiction under 28

U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo and may affirm on any ground supported by

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
the record. Dietrich v. John Ascuaga’s Nugget, 548 F.3d 892, 896 (9th Cir. 2008).

We affirm.

      The district court properly granted summary judgment on Glair’s First

Amendment claim because no reasonable juror could find from the undisputed

facts that Officers Roditis and Gomez acted in retaliation for Glair’s First

Amendment activities when they arrested him for stalking. See Dietrich, 548 F.3d

at 900-01 (elements of a claim of retaliation in violation of the First Amendment).

      Officers Roditis and Gomez were entitled to summary judgment on Glair’s

Fourth Amendment claim based on qualified immunity because even if they

mistakenly concluded that probable cause was present, their mistake was

reasonable under the totality of the circumstances. See Rodis v. City & County of

San Francisco, 558 F.3d 964, 970-71 (9th Cir. 2009) (officers are entitled to

qualified immunity when they reasonably but mistakenly conclude that probable

cause is present).

      We do not consider whether the district court erred in granting summary

judgment on Glair’s state law claims. See Greenwood v. F.A.A., 28 F.3d 971, 977-

78 (9th Cir. 1994) (matter not specifically and distinctly argued in opening brief is

waived on appeal).

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Glair’s remaining contentions are unpersuasive.

AFFIRMED.

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