Todd Weeks v. Nolan Espinda , 441 F. App'x 467 ( 2011 )

FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUN 30 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
TODD BREWER WEEKS, No. 10-15947
Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 1:10-cv-00183-JMS-
BMK
v.
NOLAN ESPINDA; et al., MEMORANDUM *
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Hawaii
J. Michael Seabright, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted June 15, 2011 **
Before: CANBY, O’SCANNLAIN, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Todd Brewer Weeks, a Hawaii state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district
court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging due process
violations. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
district court’s dismissal of a complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(A) for failure to
state a claim. Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Weeks’s due process claim because
Hawaii law does not create a liberty interest in the state’s furlough program. See
Olim v. Wakinekona, 461 U.S. 238, 249 (1983); Haw. Rev. Stat. § 353-17.
We will not consider Weeks’s other claims because they are raised for the
first time on appeal. See Int’l Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsman Local
Union No. 20 v. Martin Jaska, Inc., 752 F.2d 1401, 1404 (9th Cir. 1985).
Weeks’s remaining contentions are unpersuasive.
AFFIRMED.
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