ENDSLEY AKA v. BROWN (2019)

MEMORANDUM **

Civil detainee Marc Anthony Lowell Endsley, AKA Marc Endsley, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging due process and equal protection claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) for failure to state a claim. Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir. 1998) (order). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Endsley’s due process claim because Endsley failed to allege facts sufficient to show that any defendant made a decision that was “such a substantial departure from accepted professional judgment, practice, or standards as to demonstrate that the person responsible actually did not base the decision on such a judgment.” Youngberg v. Romeo, 457 U.S. 307, 323, 102 S.Ct. 2452, 73 L.Ed.2d 28 (1982).

The district court properly dismissed Endsley’s equal protection claim because Endsley failed to allege facts sufficient to show that he was treated differently from similarly situated individuals. See Serrano v. Francis, 345 F.3d 1071, 1081-82 (9th Cir. 2003) (elements of equal protection claim).

The district court did not abuse its discretion in declining to grant Endsley leave to file an amended complaint. See Chappel v. Lab. Corp., 232 F.3d 719, 725-26 (9th Cir. 2000) (providing standard of review and explaining that a “district court acts within its discretion to deny leave to amend when amendment would be futile ․”).

We do not consider arguments and allegations raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).

Endsley’s request for appointment of counsel, set forth in his opening brief, is denied.

AFFIRMED.