Adrian Miranda v. City of Casa Grande

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ADRIAN MIRANDA, an individual, No. 20-16905 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:19-cv-04618-

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CITY OF CASA GRANDE, a municipality; RICHARD RUSH, in his individual capacity as an Officer of OPINION the Casa Grande Police Department, Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona John Joseph Tuchi, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 15, 2021 San Francisco, California

Filed October 19, 2021

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Daniel A. Bress and Patrick J. Bumatay, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bress SUMMARY *

Civil Rights

The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of defendants in an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that a City of Casa Grande police officer lied during an Arizona state administrative proceeding concerning the suspension of plaintiff’s driver’s license.

The panel first noted that there is no express constitutional guarantee or other federal right to a driver’s license, so that its deprivation does not…