Kimble

MEMORANDUM *

Plaintiff Terrence Kimble appeals the district court’s order entering summary judgment in favor of Defendants. We affirm.

Kimble argues that the officers violated his constitutional rights by combing and plucking his pubic hair without a warrant. Given that the officers had probable cause and could have reasonably believed that evidence linking Kimble to the victim would be destroyed, their actions were justified under the exigent circumstances exception to the warrant requirement. See United States v. Ojeda, 276 F.3d 486, 488 (9th Cir.2002) (per curiam) (stating the standard for the exigent circumstances exception).

Kimble next argues that the officers used excessive force in his arrest. Kimble was suspected of a violent felony and resisted arrest. Kimble did not sustain serious injury. Under those circumstances, the officers used reasonable force. See Aprin v. Santa Clara Valley Transp. Agency, 261 F.3d 912 , 921-22 (9th Cir. 2001).

Kimble’s state law battery claim fails for the same reasons his federal excessive force claim failed. See id. at 922. Kimble’s state law invasion of privacy claim fails because he did not produce evidence supporting any theory of…