Spittal
Spittal v. Shubb
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
George Spittal appeals pro se from the district court’s orders dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging school district officials retaliated against him, in violation of the First Amendment, when they removed him from his substitute teaching assignment. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s judgment, Sosa v. DIRECTV, Inc., 437 F.3d 923, 927 (9th Cir.2006), and we affirm.
The district court properly dismissed the claims against the federal judges who ruled against Spittal. See Harvey v. Waldron, 210 F.3d 1008, 1012 (9th Cir.2000) (holding that judges are immune “from liability for damages for acts committed within their judicial jurisdiction”) (quotation marks and citation omitted).
The district court properly dismissed the claims against the Superintendent of the Sacramento City Unified School District because Spittal did not allege that she knew of the alleged retaliation before it happened. See Hydrick v. Hunter, 466 F.3d 676, 689 (9th Cir.2006) (“[TJhere is no pure respondeat superior liability under § 1983....”).
The district court properly concluded that Spittal’s private conversation with another…