Opinion
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION. (See Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 32.1)
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. D.C. No. 2:11-cv-06775-CAS-FFM. Christina A. Snyder, District Judge, Presiding.
HOLMGEIR BRYNJOLFSSON, Plaintiff - Appellant, Pro se, Simi Valley, CA.
For STATE AGENCY LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant - Appellee: Charlie Lee Hill, Jr., Esquire, Attorney, Los Angeles Unified School District, Office of the General Counsel, Los Angeles, CA.
Before: CLIFTON, BEA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Holmgeir Brynjolfsson appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the Los Angeles Unified School District (" LAUSD" ) alleging Fourteenth Amendment due process violations. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal on the basis of Eleventh Amendment immunity, Cholla Ready Mix, Inc. v. Civish, 382 F.3d 969, 973 (9th Cir. 2004), and we affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Brynjolffson's action against LAUSD on the basis of Eleventh Amendment immunity. See Belanger v. Madera Unified Sch. Dist., 963 F.2d 248, 251-54 (9th Cir. 1992) (a school district is a " state agency" for the purposes of the Eleventh Amendment); see also Pennhurst State Sch. & Hosp. v. Halderman, 465 U.S. 89, 100, 104 S.Ct. 900, 79 L.Ed.2d 67 (1984) (Eleventh Amendment immunity applies to states and their agencies or departments " regardless of the nature of the relief sought" ).
AFFIRMED.