Keith Sekerke v. City of National City ( 2023 )


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  •                            NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        JAN 26 2023
    MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
    U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
    KEITH WAYNE SEKERKE,                            No. 21-56062
    Plaintiff-Appellant,            D.C. No. 3:19-cv-01360-LAB-MSB
    v.
    MEMORANDUM*
    CITY OF NATIONAL CITY; et al.,
    Defendants-Appellees,
    and
    NATIONAL CITY POLICE
    DEPARTMENT,
    Defendant.
    Appeal from the United States District Court
    for the Southern District of California
    Larry A. Burns, District Judge, Presiding
    Submitted January 18, 2023**
    Before:      GRABER, PAEZ, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.
    Keith Wayne Sekerke appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment
    *
    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).
    dismissing his 
    42 U.S.C. § 1983
     action alleging deprivation of property in violation
    of the Fourteenth Amendment. We have jurisdiction under 
    28 U.S.C. § 1291
    . We
    review de novo. Watison v. Carter, 
    668 F.3d 1108
    , 1112 (9th Cir. 2012) (dismissal
    under 
    28 U.S.C. § 1915
    (e)(2)(B)(ii); Resnick v. Hayes, 
    213 F.3d 443
    , 447 (9th Cir.
    2000) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A). We affirm.
    The district court properly dismissed Sekerke’s action because Sekerke
    failed to allege facts sufficient to show that a meaningful post-deprivation remedy
    was unavailable to him. See Hudson v. Palmer, 
    468 U.S. 517
    , 531-33 (1984)
    (neither negligent nor intentional deprivations of property constitute a due process
    violation if a meaningful post-deprivation remedy is available); Barnett v. Centoni,
    
    31 F.3d 813
    , 816-17 (9th Cir. 1994) (“California [l]aw provides an adequate post-
    deprivation remedy for any property deprivations.”).
    We reject as unpersuasive Sekerke’s contention that he may not have a
    meaningful post-deprivation remedy based on the hypothetical application of
    unspecified state law immunity.
    We do not consider Sekerke’s Fourth Amendment claim because Sekerke
    failed to replead it in his operative complaint. See Lacey v. Maricopa County, 
    693 F.3d 896
    , 928 (9th Cir. 2012) (en banc) (claims dismissed with leave to amend are
    waived if not repled).
    We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued
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    in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised for the first time on
    appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 
    587 F.3d 983
    , 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).
    Appellees’ motion for judicial notice (Docket Entry No. 23) is granted. All
    other requests are denied.
    AFFIRMED.
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