Trimble
Trimble v. Arizona Child Protective Services
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Randy Trimble, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that his daughter was denied state services. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo dismissals under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir.2000), and we affirm.
In his third amended complaint, Trimble alleged that Arizona authorities failed to cooperate in a Pennsylvania criminal investigation relating to alleged abuse of Trimble’s daughter. Trimble also alleged that his daughter was denied state services. The district court properly dismissed the action for failure to state a claim because Trimble does not have a general right to governmental aid, see, e.g., DeShaney v. Winnebago County Dept. of Social Services, 489 U.S. 189, 196 , 109 S.Ct. 998 , 103 L.Ed.2d 249 (1989), and Trimble did not allege that defendants acted intentionally to discriminate against him based on membership in a protected class, see Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir.1998) (order).
To the extent Trimble’s third amended complaint attempted to name his daughter as a plaintiff, we note that Trimble…