Keane
Keane v. Artz
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Michael Patrick Keane appeals from the district court’s separate grants of summary judgment in favor of Scott Freeman and Alan Artz in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging violations of his rights under the First and Fourth Amendments. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review the grant of summary judgment de novo, Christie v. Iopa, 176 F.3d 1231, 1234 (9th Cir.1999), and we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment on Keane’s section 1983 claim against Freeman, a private attorney who represented Keane’s former wife in a custody dispute, because Free *750 man was not acting under color of state law when he filed a police complaint against Keane for making a statement to the effect that he “ought to,” “wanted to,” or “should” put a nine millimeter bullet in Freeman’s head. See Henderson v. City of Simi Valley, 305 F.3d 1052, 1056 (9th Cir.2002) (listing elements of section 1983 action). Moreover, Keane failed to adduce any evidence of a conspiracy between Freeman and Artz, the police detective who recommended that a warrant be issued for Keane’s arrest. See Radcliffe v. Rainbow Constr. Co., 254 F.3d 772 , 783 (9th Cir.2001) (“A…