Pacheco

MEMORANDUM *

Appellee Robert Pacheco (“Pacheco”) filed a § 1983 claim for alleged civil rights violations stemming from his arrest for suspected elder abuse. Nevada Deputy Attorney General Bonnie Brand (“DAG Brand”) and Reno Police Detective Terry Edgington (“Det.Edgington”) appeal the district court’s denial of summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity for Pacheco’s false arrest claim. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . See Mitchell v. Forsyth, 472 U.S. 511 , 105 S.Ct. 2806 , 86 L.Ed.2d 411 (1985).

*301 We review the district court’s summary judgment motion denial under the traditional de novo standard. See White v. Lee, 227 F.3d 1214, 1227 (9th Cir.2000). Our review, however, is limited. While we may review whether the alleged conduct of DAG Brand and Det. Edgington violated clearly established law, we lack jurisdiction to review the district court’s conclusion that material issues of fact remain for trial. See Johnson v. Jones, 515 U.S. 304, 316 , 115 S.Ct. 2151 , 132 L.Ed.2d 238 (1995); Armendariz v. Penman, 75 F.3d 1311, 1317 (9th Cir.1996) (en banc); Jeffers v. Gomez, 267 F.3d 895, 905 (9th Cir.2001). For these purposes we must “assume the…