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Page v. Finnberg

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286 F. App'x 499
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 1, 2008No. 06-55734California234 words

Opinion

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MEMORANDUM **

Sammy L. Page, a California state civil detainee, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing with prejudice his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against two clinical psychologists whose professional evaluations led to his commitment as a *500 sexually violent predator under California law. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Huf-tile v. Miccio-Fonseca, 410 F.3d 1136, 1138 (9th Cir.2005), and we affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Page’s action seeking prospective relief for failure to state a claim, because such relief was not available under the facts of this case. See Edwards v. Balisok, 520 U.S. 641, 648 , 117 S.Ct. 1584 , 137 L.Ed.2d 906 (1997) (explaining that a plaintiff in a section 1983 claim for prospective relief must “meet the usual requirements for injunc-tive relief’); O’Shea v. Littleton, 414 U.S. 488, 502 , 94 S.Ct. 669 , 38 L.Ed.2d 674 (1974) (explaining that “the inadequacy of remedies at law” is a prerequisite to the issuance of equitable relief, and noting that federal habeas relief may become an adequate remedy where future wrongful prosecution is feared); Huftile, 410 F.3d at 1141-42 (noting…

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