Macias

Macias v. McGrath

Good Law
170 F. App'x 23
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 13, 2006No. 04-15968; D.C. No. CV-01-00806-PJHCalifornia259 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Plaintiff Teresa Macias appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment on her negligence claim. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

The district court granted summary judgment on the 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims, concluding that Defendant Fox’s conduct was reasonable. Macias does not challenge this part of the district court’s order.

The district court’s grant of summary judgment on the negligence claim logically and properly followed the grant of summary judgment on the § 1983 claim, as a matter of law. To prevail on her negligence claim, Macias must show that Fox acted unreasonably. Since the court already held that Fox acted reasonably for § 1983 purposes, the negligence claim fails. Macias presented no evidence challenging the reasonableness of Fox’s actions beyond the Declaration of Gabriel Aguilar. The district court viewed the facts alleged in the declaration in the light most favorable to Macias and nonetheless found that it raised no genuine issue of material fact as to the reasonableness of Fox’s conduct.

We reject Macias’s argument that the district court, in its November 13, 2003, Order, assured her that she would not…

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