Court Opinion

ID: 615071
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2011-10-08 00:02:53+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:50:32.046751
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FILED
                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            OCT 07 2011

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

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARK ALAN HAYS,                                  No. 10-35124

               Plaintiff - Appellant,            D.C. No. 2:09-cv-00098-RAJ

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM *
OFFICER SHANE ANDERSON, Seattle
Police Dept.; et al.,

               Defendants - Appellees.

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Western District of Washington
                    Richard A. Jones, District Judge, Presiding

                           Submitted September 27, 2011 **

Before:        HAWKINS, SILVERMAN, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

       Mark Alan Hays appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment

in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging excessive force and other violations. We

have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, and may affirm on

          *
             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). Accordingly, Hays’s request
for oral argument is denied.
any basis supported by the record. Henderson v. City of Simi Valley, 305 F.3d

1052, 1055 (9th Cir. 2002). We affirm.

      The district court properly granted summary judgment to defendants Hanley

and Huber on Hays’s § 1983 excessive force claim because a judgment in Hays’s

favor would necessarily imply the invalidity of his convictions for assaulting and

obstructing a police officer, and Hays has not shown that his convictions have been

invalidated. See Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 487 (1994).

      The district court properly dismissed the excessive force claim against

defendants Anderson and Hagerty because Hays failed to raise a genuine dispute of

material fact as to whether these officers made contact with him. See Henderson,

305 F.3d at 1061 (affirming summary judgment where evidence in support of

excessive force claim was “woefully sparse”).

      The district court properly granted summary judgment on Hays’s equal

protection claim because Hays failed to raise a triable dispute as to whether he is a

member of a protected class or whether any defendants acted with an intent to

discriminate against him. See Comm. Concerning Cmty. Improvement v. City of

Modesto, 583 F.3d 690, 702-03 (9th Cir. 2009) (to state an equal protection claim,

plaintiff must show that defendant purposefully discriminated against him based

upon plaintiff’s membership in a protected class).

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      The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Hays’s late-filed

motion to compel discovery. See Hallet v. Morgan, 296 F.3d 732, 751 (9th Cir.

2002) (setting forth standard of review).

      Issues not raised in the opening brief, including those regarding Hays’s

conspiracy claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1985, are deemed waived. See Smith v. Marsh,

194 F.3d 1045, 1052 (9th Cir. 1999).

      Hays’s remaining contentions are unpersuasive.

      AFFIRMED.

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