Cooper
Cooper v. Levine
Opinion
Lead Opinion
*502 MEMORANDUM **
California state prisoner Courtney Lamont Cooper appeals from the district court’s judgment dismissing with prejudice his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Drs. Richard Torchia and Martin Levin. We review de novo. Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir.2000) (order) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A); Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir.1998) (order) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (e)); Outdoor Media Group, Inc. v. City of Beaumont, 506 F.3d 895, 899-900 (9th Cir.2007) (dismissal under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b)). We affirm.
We affirm the dismissal of Cooper’s First Amendment claim against Dr. Torc-hia because the second amended complaint fails to set forth the elements of a retaliation claim. See Rhodes v. Robinson, 408 F.3d 559, 567-68 (9th Cir.2005) (describing the required elements of a First Amendment retaliation claim); see also Atel Financial Corp. v. Quaker Coal Co., 321 F.3d 924, 926 (9th Cir.2003) (explaining that the court may affirm on any basis supported by the record).
The district court properly determined that Cooper’s allegations regarding Dr. Levin’s failure to authorize a Magnetic Resonance Imaging test described, at most, a…