Burns v. Walker

Ninth Circuit

Burns v. Walker

45 F. App'x 824

CourtCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

DecidedSeptember 16, 2002

DocketNo. 01-15489; D.C. No. CV-00-00310-DWH

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MEMORANDUM

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Cathy Burns appeals the district court’s judgment dismissing her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that private defendants conspired with police to arrest and falsely charge Burns with drug possession in order to force her to relinquish her ownership interest in a brothel. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291.¹ We review de novo the district court’s dismissal for failure to state a claim, Pareto v. FDIC, 139 F.3d 696, 699 (9th Cir.1998), and we affirm.

The facts from the complaint, taken to be true and read in the light most favorable to Burns, see id., do not support an inference that Walker conspired with police to violate Burns’ constitutional rights, see United Steel Workers of Am. v. Phelps Dodge Corp., 865 F.2d 1539, 1540-41 (9th Cir.1989).

We do not consider whether Burns could have amended her complaint to state a claim because Burns chose to stand on her complaint despite a court order to amend it. See WMX Techs., Inc. v. Miller, 104 F.3d 1133, 1136 (9th Cir.1997) (en banc) (noting that plaintiff may elect to stand on complaint).

AFFIRMED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as may be provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.

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MEMORANDUM

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Cathy Burns appeals the district court’s judgment dismissing her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that private defendants conspired with police to arrest and falsely charge Burns with drug possession in order to force her to relinquish her ownership interest in a brothel. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291.¹ We review de novo the district court’s dismissal for failure to state a claim, Pareto v. FDIC, 139 F.3d 696, 699 (9th Cir.1998), and we affirm.

The facts from the complaint, taken to be true and read in the light most favorable to Burns, see id., do not support an inference that Walker conspired with police to violate Burns’ constitutional rights, see United Steel Workers of Am. v. Phelps Dodge Corp., 865 F.2d 1539, 1540-41 (9th Cir.1989).

We do not consider whether Burns could have amended her complaint to state a claim because Burns chose to stand on her complaint despite a court order to amend it. See WMX Techs., Inc. v. Miller, 104 F.3d 1133, 1136 (9th Cir.1997) (en banc) (noting that plaintiff may elect to stand on complaint).

AFFIRMED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as may be provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.

98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1912, 98 Daily Journal D.A.R. 2691 Stanley Pareto Elbert Bressie Benjamin P. Liu Vilja Annamaria Fritzl John McCullough Edith Fritzl Heidi W. Moore Gottfried Noel Fritzl Wanda Hagan Theodore Hiatt Shih Chi Chow Shirley C. Chow Marilou Atencio Anton Atencio Gregory D. Shields Eleanor M. Shields Estelle Eichenberger Jack Lutzow Moses Noble, Jr. Ernst Meyer Phillip Yee Theodore J. Saenger Gayle I. Saenger Jack Block Tae Ryong Kim Chin Soon Kim Frank J. Schlessinger Raymond Vernazza Marion Gizzi Chester R. Williams Angelo Ferro Linda S. Williams Roger R. Franklin John P. Hurabieli Laverne Pareto John Pareto Muriel P. Burd Chae Woo Lee Hai Ja Lew Antonio Panebianco Cho Young Kugis Gebhardt Kugis Phyllis G. Zerwick John Hartung Arthur Holsten Eleanor Holsten Paul E. Kadden Shirley J. Kadden Thomas Kavanagh Cunningham Arizona, a Partnership v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver of Barbary Coast National Bank, Robert Wheeler Dickerson Kearny Paul Oliver Robert Imhoff

139 F.3d 696 (Ninth Circuit, 1998)

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