DAVIS III v. REYNOSO STG STG (2019)

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Sonnie Davis, III, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging due process violations in connection with his gang validation. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). Fields v. Twitter, Inc., 881 F.3d 739, 743 (9th Cir. 2018). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Davis’s action because Davis failed to allege facts sufficient to show that his gang validation was not supported by “some evidence.” Castro v. Terhune, 712 F.3d 1304, 1314 (9th Cir. 2013) (the “some evidence” standard requires the court to ask only “whether there is any evidence in the record that could support the conclusion” (emphasis, citation, and internal quotation marks omitted) ); Bruce v. Ylst, 351 F.3d 1283, 1287-88 (9th Cir. 2003) (explaining the due process requirements for gang validation in the prison context).

We do not consider Davis’s contentions regarding an alleged Eighth Amendment violation because Davis voluntarily dismissed that claim in the district court.

We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).

All pending motions are denied.

AFFIRMED.