William Osborne v. Collette Peters

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: January 23, 2024
• Docket: 22-35663
• Status: Unpublished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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 23 2024 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WILLIAM FRANK OSBORNE, No. 22-35663

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-02260-MC

v. MEMORANDUM* COLLETTE PETERS, ODOC Director; et al.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Michael J. McShane, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted January 17, 2024**

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

Oregon state prisoner William Frank Osborne appeals pro se from the

district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging various

claims arising from his confinement. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.

§ 1291. We review de novo. Albino v. Baca, 747 F.3d 1162, 1168 (9th Cir. 2014)

* 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). (en banc). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Osborne’s first,

second, third, fifth, sixth, and seventh claims because Osborne failed to exhaust

administrative remedies and failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to

whether administrative remedies were unavailable to him. See Ross v. Blake, 578

U.S. 632, 642-44 (2016) (explaining that an inmate must exhaust such

administrative remedies as are available before bringing suit, and describing

limited circumstances in which administrative remedies are unavailable).

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Osborne’s fourth

claim because Osborne failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to

whether defendants violated Osborne’s constitutional rights by failing to report his

assault to state police. See Cousins v. Lockyer, 568 F.3d 1063, 1070 (9th Cir.

2009) (noting that a failure to follow prison policy does not establish a federal

constitutional violation).

The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Osborne’s requests

for further discovery because Osborne failed to show that additional discovery

would have precluded summary judgment. See Midbrook Flowerbulbs Holland

B.V. v. Holland Am. Bulb Farms, Inc., 874 F.3d 604, 612, 619-20 (9th Cir. 2017)

(setting forth standard of review and explaining that to prevail on a Rule 56(d)

request, a party must state the specific facts it seeks in further discovery and show

2 22-35663 that such facts exist and are “essential to oppose summary judgment” (citation and

internal quotation marks omitted)); Hallett v. Morgan, 296 F.3d 732, 751 (9th Cir.

2002) (setting forth standard of review and explaining that a decision to deny a

motion to compel discovery will not be disturbed without “actual and substantial

prejudice to the complaining litigant” (citation omitted)).

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). We do not

consider materials not presented to the district court. See United States v. Elias,

921 F.2d 870, 874 (9th Cir. 1990).

Osborne’s motions for appointment of counsel (Docket Entry No. 17) and

default judgment (Docket Entry No. 22) are denied. Osborne’s motion to extend

the time to file the reply brief (Docket Entry No. 20) is granted. The Clerk will file

the reply brief submitted at Docket Entry No. 21.

AFFIRMED.

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