Brown
Brown v. County of Santa Barbara
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Christopher A. Brown, Linda Ruiz, and Kathleen Ousey appeal pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing, for failure to state a claim, his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging various constitutional violations by County of Santa Barbara officials related to the development of an experimental medical treatment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Cholla Ready Mix, Inc. v. Civish, 382 F.3d 969, 973 (9th Cir.2004), and we affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Brown’s co-plaintiffs, Linda Ruiz, Kathleen Ousey, and Margaret Cousins, for lack of standing. See Covington v. Jefferson County, 358 F.3d 626, 637-38 (9th Cir. 2004) (outlining requirements for standing). These three plaintiffs failed to allege any actual or imminent injury, asserting only hypothetical violations of Brown’s rights based on the potential development of experimental treatments. See id. at 637-38 (standing requires, inter alia, an injury in fact that is concrete and actual or imminent).
The district court properly dismissed the claims against defendant Stark on the basis of issue preclusion. See Reyn’s Pasta Bella, LLC v. Visa USA, Inc., 442 F.3d 741 , 746…