Marulanda v. United States Marshals Service
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Federal prisoner Carlos Javier Marulanda appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his action under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 , 91 S.Ct. 1999 , 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), alleging violations of his Fifth Amendment due process rights in connection with the destruction of his personal property. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir.2004), and we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment because there is no due process violation when Congress has provided an adequate post-deprivation remedy for the unauthorized acts of a federal employee. See 31 U.S.C. § 3724 (a) (allowing the Attorney General to settle claims for losses caused by law enforcement personnel); Hudson v. Palmer, 468 U.S. 517, 533 , 104 S.Ct. 3194 , 82 L.Ed.2d 393 (1984) (due process was not violated by government official’s intentional deprivation of property, provided that a meaningful post-deprivation remedy was available).
Marulanda’s remaining contentions, including those concerning the law of the case doctrine, are unpersuasive.