RICHARD NELSON V. VERONICA GALVAN, No. 21-36046 (9th Cir. 2022)

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED AUG 25 2022 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT RICHARD DEWAYNE NELSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U.S. COURT OF APPEALS No. 21-36046 D.C. No. 2:21-cv-00195-DGE MEMORANDUM* VERONICA ALICEA GALVAN, Judge, King County Superior Court; DANIEL SATTERBERG, Prosecuting Attorney, King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office; RICHARD KIM, Detective, Federal Way Police Department; RAMONA C. BRANDES, Senior Attorney, King County Department of Public Defense, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington David G. Estudillo, District Judge, Presiding Submitted August 17, 2022** Before: S.R. THOMAS, PAEZ, and LEE, Circuit Judges. Washington state pretrial detainee Richard Dewayne Nelson appeals pro se * 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). from the district court’s judgment dismissing without prejudice his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging various claims in connection with his state criminal proceedings. 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. § 1915(e)(2)(B). Watison v. Carter, 668 F.3d 1108, 1112 (9th Cir. 2012). We affirm. The district court properly dismissed Nelson’s action because defendants Galvan and Satterberg are immune, defendant Brandes did not act under color of state law, and Nelson did not allege in his complaint that defendant Kim violated a federal law. See Mireles v. Waco, 502 U.S. 9, 11-12 (1991) (discussing judicial immunity and its limited exceptions); Polk County v. Dodson, 454 U.S. 312, 31720 & n.9 (1981) (explaining that a private attorney or a public defender does not act under color of state law within the meaning of § 1983); Garmon v. County of Los Angeles, 828 F.3d 837, 842-43 (9th Cir. 2016) (explaining the application of absolute prosecutorial immunity); Ybarra v. Bastian, 647 F.2d 891, 892 (9th Cir. 1981) (explaining that § 1983 does not provide a cause of action for violations of state law); see also 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(3) (a district court may decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims upon the dismissal of the federal claims). We do not consider arguments and allegations raised for the first time on 2 21-36046 appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009). All pending requests and motions are denied. AFFIRMED. 3 21-36046

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