Keith Brown v. Tony Ingrahm ( 2012 )


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  •                                                                            FILED
    NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            NOV 27 2012
    MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
    FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
    KEITH A. BROWN,                                  No. 11-35862
    Plaintiff - Appellant,            D.C. No. 2:08-cv-00382-EJL
    v.
    MEMORANDUM *
    TONY INGRAHM; KEVIN DUNTON,
    Defendants - Appellees.
    Appeal from the United States District Court
    for the District of Idaho
    Edward J. Lodge, District Judge, Presiding
    Submitted November 13, 2012 **
    Before:        CANBY, TROTT, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
    Idaho state prisoner Keith A. Brown appeals pro se from the district court’s
    summary judgment dismissing his action brought under 
    42 U.S.C. § 1983
     and
    Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S.
    *
    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).
    388 (1971) alleging false arrest and false imprisonment. 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 because Brown failed
    to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants, in applying for
    Brown’s state and federal arrest warrants, “made deliberately false statements or
    recklessly disregarded the truth . . . and that the falsifications were material to the
    finding of probable cause.” Galbraith v. County of Santa Clara, 
    307 F.3d 1119
    ,
    1126 (9th Cir. 2002) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). Brown’s
    contention that defendant Ingrahm had a duty to return to the issuing judge and
    request that the arrest warrant be vacated following subsequent investigation is
    unpersuasive.
    The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Brown’s motion to
    strike pleadings, see Hambleton Bros. Lumber Co. v. Balkin Enters. Inc., 
    397 F.3d 1217
    , 1224 n.4 (9th Cir. 2005) (setting forth standard of review), or his request for
    entry of default judgment against defendant Ingrahm, see Eitel v. McCool, 
    782 F.2d 1470
    , 1471 (9th Cir. 1986) (setting forth standard of review).
    AFFIRMED.
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