MORRISON v. VIERRA (2020)

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Curtis Lee Morrison appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging an equal protection violation. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a district court’s dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Morrison’s action because the “class-of-one” theory does not apply in the context of discretionary personnel decisions in public employment. See Cal. Code Regs. tit. 15 § 3041.1(a) (describing criteria for filling paid inmate work assignments in California prisons); Engquist v. Or. Dep’t of Agr., 553 U.S. 591, 605-07, 128 S.Ct. 2146, 170 L.Ed.2d 975 (2008) (class-of-one theory of equal protection does not apply to the public employment context).

Morrison’s motions for appointment of counsel (Docket Entry Nos. 3 and 10) are denied.

AFFIRMED.