NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 10 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KENTRELL D. WELCH, No. 22-15342

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:20-cv-00113-RCJ-CSD

v.

MEMORANDUM*

NEVADA, STATE OF; JUVENILE

FOSTER HOME PLACEMENT; CHILD

PROTECTION SERVICES; CLARK

COUNTY MUNICIPALITY DISTRICT;

TICK SEGERBLOOM; MARIYLYN

KIRKPARTICK,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Robert Clive Jones, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted June 26, 2023**

Before: CANBY, S.R. THOMAS, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

Kentrell D. Welch appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment

dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that he was abused while in foster

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). care. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a

dismissal for failure to state a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Resnick v. Hayes,

213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Welch’s action because Welch failed to

allege facts sufficient to state a plausible claim. See Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S.

662, 678, 681 (2009) (a claim has facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads

factual content allowing a reasonable inference that a defendant is liable for the

misconduct alleged; conclusory allegations are not entitled to the presumption of

truth); see also West v. Atkins, 487 U.S. 42, 48 (1988) (“To state a claim under

§ 1983, a plaintiff must . . . show that the alleged deprivation was committed by a

person acting under color of state law.”); Castro v. County of Los Angeles, 833

F.3d 1060, 1073-76 (9th Cir. 2016) (en banc) (discussing requirements to establish

municipal liability under Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658

(1978)).

All pending motions are denied.

AFFIRMED.

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