Koch v. City of Spokane

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: September 23, 2025
• Docket: 24-3485
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SEP 23 2025 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARK A. KOCH, No. 24-3485 D.C. No. 2:23-cv-00164-TOR Plaintiff - Appellant,

v. MEMORANDUM*

CITY OF SPOKANE, a Municipality; SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, a Municipality,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Thomas O. Rice, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted September 17, 2025**

Before: SILVERMAN, OWENS, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

Mark A. Koch appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in

his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging federal and state law claims arising from a

* 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). parking violation. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de

novo and may affirm on any basis supported by the record. Enlow v. Salem-Keizer

Yellow Cab Co., 389 F.3d 802, 811 (9th Cir. 2004). We affirm.

Summary judgment was proper on Koch’s claims because Koch failed to

raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether any of his constitutional

rights were violated. See Int’l Franchise Ass’n, Inc. v. City of Seattle, 803 F.3d

389, 407 (9th Cir. 2015) (noting that rational basis review applies where there is no

protected class or fundamental constitutional right); Stormans, Inc. v. Wiesman,

794 F.3d 1064, 1084 (9th Cir. 2015) (concluding that under rational basis review,

“[p]laintiffs have the burden to negate every conceivable basis which might

support the rules . . . .” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); Marsh v.

County of San Diego, 680 F.3d 1148, 1155-56 (9th Cir. 2012) (concluding that a

state law will create a protected liberty interest only if it contains substantive

predicates and “explicitly mandatory language specifying the outcome” if the

predicates are met (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); Pest Comm. v.

Miller, 626 F.3d 1097, 1111-12 (9th Cir. 2010) (setting out the test for an as-

applied vagueness and overbreadth challenge).

Although summary judgment for defendants in Koch’s action was proper,

judgment on the state law claims over which the district court declined to exercise

supplemental jurisdiction should be entered without prejudice. See Gini v. Las

2 24-3485 Vegas Metro. Police Dep’t, 40 F.3d 1041, 1046 (9th Cir. 1994). We affirm the

district court’s dismissal of these claims but instruct the district court to enter

judgment on these claims without prejudice.

AFFIRMED with instructions to amend the judgment.

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