Teal

MEMORANDUM **

Charles Teal appeals from the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Frederick Helm and the City of San Diego. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

First, we reject Teal’s assertion that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated by his warrantless arrest. It is well-established that “[pjrobable cause exists when, under the totality of the circumstances known to the arresting officers, a prudent person would have concluded that there was a fair probability that [the suspect] had committed a crime.” Peng v. Mei Chin Penghu, 335 F.3d 970, 976 (9th Cir.2003) (quoting United States v. Buckner, 179 F.3d 834, 837 (9th Cir.1999)). The district court correctly determined that the facts known to Helm at the time of the arrest were more than sufficient to convince a prudent person that there was a fair probability that Teal had thrown Robinson over the balcony. It is undisputed that Teal was at the scene of the crime, and that Robinson, who had known Teal for over four years, identified him as the culprit. Robinson was able to provide Teal’s address and explain how he and Teal came to be in San Diego; he also provided a very…