Pechenuk v. County of Alameda
Pechenuk v. County of Alameda
Opinion
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 23 2025 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MINDY PECHENUK, No. 24-756 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 3:23-cv-04028-SK v. MEMORANDUM* COUNTY OF ALAMEDA; TIM DUPUIS; CYNTHIA CORNEJO; NATE MILEY; KEITH CARSON; DAVID HAUBERT; SUSAN MURANISHI; DONNA ZIEGLER; SHIRLEY WEBER,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Sallie Kim, Magistrate Judge, Presiding
Submitted July 14, 2025**
Before: HAWKINS, S.R. THOMAS, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
* 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). Mindy Pechenuk appeals pro se from the district court’s order dismissing with
prejudice her 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3) action alleging that various state and county
officials violated her civil rights in connection with her efforts to observe ballot
procedures during the November 2022 election cycle. We have jurisdiction under
28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the district court’s grant of a motion to
dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), Prodanova v. H.C.
Wainwright & Co., LLC, 993 F.3d 1097, 1105 (9th Cir. 2021), and review for abuse
of discretion the district court’s decision to decline leave to amend, Benavidez v.
County of San Diego, 993 F.3d 1134, 1141–42 (9th Cir. 2021). We “may affirm the
dismissal upon any basis fairly supported by the record.” Burgert v. Lokelani
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Trust, 200 F.3d 661, 663 (9th Cir. 2000).
The district court properly dismissed the amended complaint because the
pleading does not allege specific facts to plausibly “support the existence of the
claimed conspiracy.” Olsen v. Idaho State Bd. of Medicine, 363 F.3d 916, 929 (9th
Cir. 2004). The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying leave to amend.
See Rich v. Shrader, 823 F.3d 1205, 1209 (9th Cir. 2016) (“ [W]hen the district court
has already afforded a plaintiff an opportunity to amend the complaint, it has ‘wide
discretion in granting or refusing leave to amend after the first amendment.’”
(quoting Heay v. Phillips, 201 F.2d 220, 222 (9th Cir. 1952))).
AFFIRMED.
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