Field

Field v. Zimmerman

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258 F. App'x 990
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 12, 2007No. 06-35727California291 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Robert Field appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that defendants violated due process, equal protection, and state laws by denying his bid for a contract to transfer junk vehicles to a junk vehicle graveyard. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Sanchez v. County of San Diego, 464 F.3d 916, 920 (9th Cir.2006), and we affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Field’s due process claim because Field failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether he had a legitimate claim of entitlement to the contract with Sanders County, or whether he was deprived of any other constitutionally protected liberty or property interest. See Erickson v. United States, 67 F.3d 858, 861 (9th Cir.1995).

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Field’s equal protection claim because Field is not a member of a protected class. See Lee v. City of Los Angeles, 250 F.3d 668, 686 (9th Cir.2001).

The district court did not abuse its discretion in declining to exercise supplemen *991 tal jurisdiction over Field’s state-law claims because it “dismissed all…

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