Jensen
Jensen v. Sweet Home One Care Facility
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Tom Jensen appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment for defendants, on remand from this court, in his action alleging various civil rights causes of action against his siblings and other individuals who were involved in the care of his late mother while she lived at a residential care facility for the elderly. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. *704 § 1291 . After de novo review, Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1131 (9th Cir.2000) (en banc), we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment on Jensen’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims against the Sweet Home defendants because he did not raise a triable issue of fact as to whether those defendants were willful participants with the state or its agents in an activity that deprived him of his constitutional rights. See Brunette v. Humane Soc’y, 294 F.3d 1205 , 1211 (9th Cir.2002). Jensen also could not raise a triable issue of fact as to whether the state defendants violated his constitutional rights by investigating his complaints and compelling Sweet Home to restore his visitation rights with restrictions.
The district court properly granted summary judgment on Jensen’s discrimination claims…