Cardenas

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 17 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ADOLFO CARDENAS, individually, No. 24-5457 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 2:23-cv-10146-MRW v.

MEMORANDUM*

CITY OF SANTA MARIA; ANDY

BRICE; DOES, 1 through 25, inclusive,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Michael R. Wilner, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 9, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: WARDLAW and KOH, Circuit Judges, and CHEN, District Judge.** Partial Concurrence by Judge KOH.

Adolfo Cardenas appeals the district court’s grant of Defendants’ motion for

summary judgment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Reviewing de

novo, Anthoine v. N. Cent. Counties Consortium, 605 F.3d 740, 747 (9th Cir.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Edward M. Chen, United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation.…