Rason v. U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

85 F.3d 637 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Walter John RASON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; Henry Cisneros; Santa Barbara City Housing Authority; Robert Foreman; Tig Edwards; Robert Pearson; Catalina Unzueta; Veronica Barraga; Dorothy Reid, Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-56272. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 30, 1996. * Decided May 6, 1996. Before: BROWNING, REINHARDT and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Walter John Rason appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the City of Santa Barbara Housing Authority (Housing Authority). He contends that the district court erred by dismissing his claims against the Housing Authority and HUD for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 1 He also contends that the district court erred by dismissing his remaining…