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Leavitt v. Wickham

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Dec 21, 2016
No. 15-16645 (9th Cir. Dec. 21, 2016)

Opinion

No. 15-16645

12-21-2016

CODY LEAVITT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HAROLD WICKHAM, Associate Warden; et al., Defendants-Appellees.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

D.C. No. 2:13-cv-00490-GMN-CWH MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
Gloria M. Navarro, Chief Judge, Presiding Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Nevada state prisoner Cody Leavitt appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging constitutional violations arising from the withdrawal of his blood without his consent. We review de novo, Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir. 2004), and we affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Leavitt's Fourth Amendment claims because Leavitt failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether the blood tests were not reasonably related to legitimate penological interests. See Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78, 89-91 (1987) (setting forth factors to determine the reasonableness of a challenged prison regulation); see also Thompson v. City of Los Angeles, 885 F.2d 1439, 1447 (9th Cir. 1989) (holding that the county had a compelling interest in diagnosing and preventing the transmission of serious disease among detainees), overruled on other grounds by Bull v. City & County of San Francisco, 595 F.3d 964, 977-81 (9th Cir. 2010) (en banc).

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Leavitt's Fourteenth Amendment claims because Leavitt failed to raise a triable dispute as to whether the blood tests implicated the Due Process Clause. See Schmerber v. California, 384 U.S. 757, 759-60 (1966) (rejecting defendant's claim that the unconsented withdrawal of his blood violated his right to due process).

The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Leavitt's motion for reconsideration under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) or 60(b) because Leavitt failed to demonstrate any basis for relief. See Sch. Dist. No. 1J, Multnomah Cty., Or. v. ACandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1262-63 (9th Cir. 1993) (setting forth standard of review and grounds for relief from judgment under Rules 59(e) and 60(b)).

Leavitt's opposed motion to supplement, filed on June 23, 2016, is denied. The court will not consider allegations that were not presented to the district court. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Leavitt v. Wickham

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Dec 21, 2016
No. 15-16645 (9th Cir. Dec. 21, 2016)
Case details for

Leavitt v. Wickham

Case Details

Full title:CODY LEAVITT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HAROLD WICKHAM, Associate Warden; et…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Dec 21, 2016

Citations

No. 15-16645 (9th Cir. Dec. 21, 2016)