Keith Ramsdell v. Douglas Ducey

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: January 23, 2024
• Docket: 22-16757
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 23 2024 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KEITH W. RAMSDELL, No. 22-16757

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:21-cv-00151-ROS-JZB

v. MEMORANDUM* DOUGLAS A. DUCEY, Arizona Governor; MARK BRNOVICH, Attorney General, Attorney General; HEIDI H PAAKKONEN, Executive Director, State of Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners; JENNIFER MICHAELSEN, Deputy Director, State of Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Roslyn O. Silver, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted January 17, 2024**

Before: S.R. THOMAS, McKEOWN, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

Keith Ramsdell, who is civilly committed as a sexually violent person,

* 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). appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983

action alleging equal protection violations. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.

§ 1291. We review de novo. Jones v. Blanas, 393 F.3d 918, 926 (9th Cir. 2004).

We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Ramsdell’s equal

protection claim alleging discrimination on the basis of sex offender status because

Ramsdell failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether Arizona

Revised Statutes section 32-2081(B) is not rationally related to legitimate

government interests. See United States v. Juv. Male, 670 F.3d 999, 1009 (9th Cir.

2012) (“Government actions that do not . . . involve suspect classifications will be

upheld if [they] are rationally related to a legitimate state interest.” (alteration in

original) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); United States v. LeMay,

260 F.3d 1018, 1030 (9th Cir. 2001) (“Sex offenders are not a suspect class.”).

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).

Ramsdell’s opposed motion to submit new evidence (Docket Entry No. 18)

is denied. See United States v. Elias, 921 F.2d 870, 874 (9th Cir. 1990)

(“Documents . . . not presented to the district court are not part of the record on

appeal.”). We express no opinion whether in light of the proffered evidence,

2 22-16757 Ramsdell may now file an administrative or other claim.

AFFIRMED.

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