Sergei Portnoy v. County of Yolo;

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
SERGEI PORTNOY,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
COUNTY OF YOLO; et al.,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 13-17321
D.C. No. 2:13-cv-00314-JAM-
KJN
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California
John A. Mendez, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted May 13, 2015**
Before: LEAVY, CALLAHAN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Sergei Portnoy appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing
his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging federal and state law violations arising from
his detention in county jail. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We
review de novo the district court’s dismissal. See Knievel v. ESPN, 393 F.3d 1068,
FILED
MAY 27 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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1072 (9th Cir. 2005) (Rule 12(b)(6)); Huftile v. Miccio-Fonseca, 410 F.3d 1136,
1138 (9th Cir. 2005) (§ 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii)). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Portnoy’s state law claims because
Portnoy failed to comply with the California Tort Claims Act. See Cal. Gov’t
Code § 945.4 (claims presentment is necessary before suing public entities); id.
§ 950.2 (if action against public entity is barred under the chapter beginning with
§ 945, action against public employee is also barred); see also Shirk v. Vista
Unified Sch. Dist. 164 P.3d 630, 634 (Cal. 2007) (timely claims presentation is a
condition precedent to, and an element of, any claim against a public entity or its
employees).
The district court properly dismissed Portnoy’s Fourth Amendment claim
related to his arrest, because the issues had been previously litigated by Portnoy
and were necessary to the prior summary judgment. See McQuillion v.
Schwarzenegger, 369 F.3d 1091, 1096 (9th Cir. 2004) (requirements for collateral
estoppel).
The district court properly dismissed Portnoy’s Fourth Amendment claim
related to his probable cause determination, because the defendants were entitled to
qualified immunity based on a reasonable belief that a judge had made a positive
finding of probable cause within 48 hours of arrest. See Pearson v. Callahan, 555
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U.S. 223, 231 (2009) (reasonable mistakes of law or fact protected by qualified
immunity); see also County of Riverside v. McLaughlin, 500 U.S. 44, 56 (1991)
(concluding judicial determination of probable cause within 48 hours of a
warrantless arrest is necessary).
The district court properly dismissed Portnoy’s Fourth Amendment claim
challenging the timeliness of his release, because he failed to allege that any delay
was caused by deliberate indifference or anything other than administrative
procedures. See Brass v. County of Los Angeles, 328 F.3d 1192, 1194, 1202 (9th
Cir. 2003) (no constitutional violation where 39-hour delay in releasing the
arrestee after a court order was attributable to administrative procedures); Berry v.
Baca, 379 F.3d 764, 767-69 (9th Cir. 2004) (plaintiff may argue deliberate
indifference in implementation of administrative procedures).
The district court properly dismissed Portnoy’s Fourteenth Amendment
claim because the defendants’ conduct did not shock the conscience in light of
Portnoy’s valid arrest. See Wilkinson v. Torres, 610 F.3d 546, 554 (9th Cir. 2010)
(standard for familial relations claim under Fourteenth Amendment).
The district court properly dismissed Portnoy’s claims as to the City of
Woodland and the County of Yolo because he failed to demonstrate that the
government had a deliberate policy, custom, or practice that was the moving force
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behind the alleged constitutional violation. See Monell v. Dep’t of Soc. Servs., 436
U.S. 658, 694 (1978).
AFFIRMED.
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