Rick Siegel v. Angela Bradstreet

MEMORANDUM

Rick Siegel appeals pro se from the district court’s order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for injunctive and declaratory relief against the California Labor Commissioner. We have jurisdic tion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo. Nat’l Ass’n for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis v. Cal. Bd. of Psychology, 228 F.3d 1043, 1049 (9th Cir.2000). We may affirm on any ground supported by the record. Ove v. Gwinn, 264 F.3d 817, 821 (9th Cir.2001). We affirm.

The district court resolved Siegel’s claims on two grounds, one of which was on the merits. We affirm on that ground for the reasons stated by the district court. To the extent Siegel’s equal protection claim is based on the differences between the Talent Agencies Act and statutes regulating other occupational licenses, the claim fails because there is a rational basis for the California legislature’s decision to craft the Act differently from other licensing statutes. See Nat’l Ass’n for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis, 228 F.3d at 1050-53 (rejecting equal protection challenge to California licensing scheme under rational basis test and stating that “[i]t simply is not the function of the courts to…