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Summary: FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit December 13, 2011 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court TENTH CIRCUIT S. MOLI NGATUVAI, Plaintiff - Appellant, No. 11-4025 v. D. Utah TODD BRECKENRIDGE, Provo City (D.C. No. 2:09-CV-00803-DS) Officer; ROBERT TROMBLY, Prosecutor; JUDGE FNU ROMNEY, Defendants - Appellees. ORDER AND JUDGMENT * Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, MURPHY, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges. After examining the parties’ briefs and the appellate record
Summary: FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit December 13, 2011 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court TENTH CIRCUIT S. MOLI NGATUVAI, Plaintiff - Appellant, No. 11-4025 v. D. Utah TODD BRECKENRIDGE, Provo City (D.C. No. 2:09-CV-00803-DS) Officer; ROBERT TROMBLY, Prosecutor; JUDGE FNU ROMNEY, Defendants - Appellees. ORDER AND JUDGMENT * Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, MURPHY, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges. After examining the parties’ briefs and the appellate record,..
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United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
December 13, 2011
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
Elisabeth A. Shumaker
Clerk of Court
TENTH CIRCUIT
S. MOLI NGATUVAI,
Plaintiff - Appellant, No. 11-4025
v. D. Utah
TODD BRECKENRIDGE, Provo City (D.C. No. 2:09-CV-00803-DS)
Officer; ROBERT TROMBLY,
Prosecutor; JUDGE FNU ROMNEY,
Defendants - Appellees.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT *
Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, MURPHY, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges.
After examining the parties’ briefs and the appellate record, this panel has
determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist in the
determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G).
The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.
S. Moli Ngatuvai appeals from the district court’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6)
dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights complaint. The district court
*
This order and judgment is not binding precedent except under the
doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited,
however, for its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and 10th
Cir. R. 32.1.
concluded even a liberal reading of Ngatuvai’s complaint, which challenged the
appropriateness of a traffic citation Ngatuvai received in 2009, revealed no facts
demonstrating a “deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by
the Constitution and laws” of the United States. 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district
court further concluded that dismissal with prejudice was appropriate because
Ngatuvai had been afforded ample opportunity to cure the deficiencies in his civil
rights complaint.
This court reviews a dismissal pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) de novo, applying
the same standard as the district court. Teigen v. Renfrow,
511 F.3d 1072, 1078
(10th Cir. 2007). Upon de novo review, exercising jurisdiction pursuant to
28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms the district court’s order of dismissal. In so
doing, this court sees no need to repeat the cogent analysis set out in the district
court’s order dated January 12, 2011. Accordingly, the judgment of the district
court is hereby AFFIRMED.
ENTERED FOR THE COURT
Michael R. Murphy
Circuit Judge
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