Andy D. Rodriguez v. MARGARET MIMS, Fresno County Sheriff; DETENTION DIVISION AT FRESNO COUNTY JAIL

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent*
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Rodriguez consented to proceed before a magistrate judge. See 28**
U.S.C. § 636(c).
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision***
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ANDY D. RODRIGUEZ,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
MARGARET MIMS, Fresno County
Sheriff; DETENTION DIVISION AT
FRESNO COUNTY JAIL,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 12-15963
D.C. No. 1:11-cv-01472-GSA
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California
Gary S. Austin, Magistrate Judge, Presiding**
Submitted December 19, 2012***
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Andy D. Rodriguez appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment
FILED
JAN 02 2013
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that defendants violated his
constitutional rights while he was a pretrial detainee when they opened incoming
mail from elected officials and government agencies. We have jurisdiction under
28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915A and
1915(e)(2). Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000); Barren v.
Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir. 1998) (order). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Rodriguez’s action because Rodriguez
failed to allege facts sufficient to show that he was deprived of a federal or
constitutional right. See Mann v. Adams, 846 F.2d 589, 590-91 (9th Cir. 1988)
(per curiam) (no constitutional violation where mail from public agencies, public
officials, and news media was opened outside inmate’s presence).
Rodriguez’s motion for appointment of counsel, set forth in his opening
brief, is denied.
AFFIRMED.

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