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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                         FILED
                      UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      JUN 10 2020
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ROBERT J. LUMPKIN,                              No. 19-35416

                  Plaintiff-Appellant,          D.C. No. 2:18-cv-00330-RSM

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
JASON SALT, Deputy; et al.,

                  Defendants-Appellees.

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Western District of Washington
                    Ricardo S. Martinez, District Judge, Presiding

                               Submitted June 2, 2020**

Before:        LEAVY, PAEZ, and BENNETT, Circuit Judges.

          Robert J. Lumpkin appeals pro se from the district court’s summary

judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging constitutional claims arising out

of his booking at Snohomish County Jail. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.

§ 1291. We review de novo. JL Beverage Co., LLC v. Jim Beam Brands Co., 828

      *
             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).
F.3d 1098, 1104 (9th Cir. 2016). We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

      The district court properly granted summary judgment because Lumpkin

failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants

committed any constitutional violation when they removed some of his clothing

during a strip search for contraband in the public area of the jail. See Bearchild v.

Cobban, 947 F.3d 1130, 1144-45 (9th Cir. 2020) (requirements of Eighth

Amendment sexual harassment claim); Castro v. County of Los Angeles, 833 F.3d

1060, 1067-69 (9th Cir. 2016) (requirements of Fourteenth Amendment deliberate

indifference claim); Byrd v. Maricopa Cty. Sheriff’s Dep’t, 629 F.3d 1135, 1141

(9th Cir. 2011) (en banc) (requirements of Fourth Amendment privacy claim).

      Contrary to Lumpkin’s contentions, the district court did not err in declining

to address his excessive force claim which was raised for the first time in his

opposition to summary judgment. See Coleman v. Quaker Oats Co., 232 F.3d

1271, 1292 (9th Cir. 2000) (holding that allowing the plaintiffs to proceed with a

new theory of liability at summary judgment after the close of discovery would

prejudice the defendants).

      The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Lumpkin’s motion

to amend his complaint to add excessive force and due process claims because

Lumpkin’s request for leave to amend was untimely under the district court’s

pretrial scheduling order, and thus Lumpkin could only modify the schedule for

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“good cause and with the judge’s consent.” See Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4); Johnson

v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 607-08 (9th Cir. 1992).

       However, the district court improperly assessed a strike for purposes of 28

U.S.C. § 1915(g), because the district court had concluded that Lumpkin failed to

raise a genuine dispute of material fact on any of his claims, and thus defendants

were entitled to summary judgment. See El-Shaddai v. Zamora, 833 F.3d 1036,

1044 (9th Cir. 2016). We reverse the judgment as to the district court’s assessment

of a strike only, and remand for the district court remove the language counting the

case as a strike.

       We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued

in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised for the first time on

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

       The parties shall bear their own costs on appeal.

       AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part, and REMANDED.

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