Manse Sullivan v. Pam Ahlin , 606 F. App'x 410 ( 2015 )


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  •                               NOT FOR PUBLICATION                         FILED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       JUL 1 2015
    MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
    U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
    MANSE SULLIVAN,                                   No. 14-16245
    Plaintiff - Appellant,              D.C. No. 1:12-cv-00306-GSA
    v.
    MEMORANDUM*
    PAM AHLIN, Executive Director; et al.,
    Defendants - Appellees.
    Appeal from the United States District Court
    for the Eastern District of California
    Gary S. Austin, Magistrate Judge, Presiding**
    Submitted June 22, 2015***
    Before:        HAWKINS, GRABER, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
    California civil detainee Manse Sullivan appeals pro se from the district
    court’s judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action challenging his civil confinement
    as a sexually violent predator under California’s Sexually Violent Predators Act
    *
    This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
    except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
    **
    Sullivan consented to proceed before a magistrate judge. See 28
    U.S.C. § 636(c).
    ***
    The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
    without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    (“SVPA”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a
    dismissal for failure to state a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii). Huftile
    v. Miccio-Fonseca, 
    410 F.3d 1136
    , 1138 (9th Cir. 2005). We affirm.
    The district court properly dismissed Sullivan’s action because Sullivan
    failed to allege facts sufficient to show that the SVPA’s post-commitment
    procedures deprived him of due process. See Portman v. County of Santa Clara,
    
    995 F.2d 898
    , 904 (9th Cir. 1993) (elements of a § 1983 procedural due process
    claim); see also Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 6608(a) (“A person who has been
    committed as a sexually violent predator shall be permitted to petition the court for
    conditional release with or without the recommendation or concurrence of the
    Director of State Hospitals.”); Kansas v. Hendricks, 
    521 U.S. 346
    , 356-57 (1997)
    (rejecting due process challenge in sexually violent predator context).
    The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying leave to amend after
    concluding that amendment would be futile. See Cervantes v. Countrywide Home
    Loans, Inc., 
    656 F.3d 1034
    , 1041 (9th Cir. 2011) (setting forth standard of review
    and explaining that leave to amend should be given unless amendment would be
    futile).
    We do not consider Sullivan’s contention regarding the Ex Post Facto clause
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    because it was not raised below. See Padgett v. Wright, 
    587 F.3d 983
    , 985 n.2
    (9th Cir. 2009) (per curiam).
    Sullivan’s request for judicial notice, filed on May 1, 2015, is granted.
    AFFIRMED.
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