Hill
Hill v. State Board of Control
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Brian T. Hill appeals pro se the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for failure to state a claim. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a district court’s decision to dismiss for failure to state a claim, Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir.1998), and affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.
Because California provides meaningful postdeprivation remedies for tort claims against public officials, see Cal. Gov’t Code § 900-920 (1995), and because Hill failed to state a claim alleging that a non-random deprivation of his rights occurred, the district court correctly dismissed Hill’s property claims. See Hudson v. Palmer, 468 U.S. 517, 533 , 104 S.Ct. 3194 , 82 L.Ed.2d 393 (1984); Merritt v. Mackey, 827 F.2d 1368 , 1372 & n. 3, 1373 n. 4 (9th Cir.1987); Piatt v. MacDougall, 773 F.2d 1032, 1037 (9th Cir.1985).
Because neither a prison official’s involvement with processing an appeal, Olim v. Wakinekona, 461 U.S. 238, 249 , 103 S.Ct. 1741 , 75 L.Ed.2d 813 (1983), nor the failure of an official to process an appeal, Mann v. Adams, 855 F.2d 639, 640 (9th Cir.1988), constitute constitutional…