Gonsalves v. Alm

── Gonsalves v. Alm ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Date: May 28, 2026 Category: General NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 28 2026 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT CELESTE M. GONSALVES, No. 25-4822 D.C. No. 1:25-cv-00053-SASP- Plaintiff - Appellant, WRP v. MEMORANDUM* Prosecutor STEVEN S. ALM; MARK YUEN, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Shanlyn A.S. Park, District Judge, Presiding Submitted May 26, 2026** Before: S.R. THOMAS, MILLER, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges. Celeste M. Gonsalves appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging due process violations. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under 28 * 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). U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii). Watison v. Carter, 668 F.3d 1108, 1112 (9th Cir. 2012). We affirm. The district court properly dismissed Gonsalves’s action because Gonsalves failed to allege facts sufficient to state any plausible claim. See Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (explaining that to avoid dismissal, “a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); Gomez v. Whitney, 757 F.2d 1005, 1006 (9th Cir. 1985) (holding that allegations of inadequate investigation are not sufficient to state a due process claim). The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Gonsalves’s motion for relief from judgment because Gonsalves failed to demonstrate any basis for relief. See Sch. Dist. No. 1J, Multnomah County, Or. v. ACandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1262-63 (9th Cir. 1993) (setting forth standard of review and grounds for relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)). The district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing Gonsalves’s action without leave to amend because amendment would be futile. See Cervantes v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 656 F.3d 1034, 1041 (9th Cir. 2011) (setting forth standard of review and explaining that dismissal without leave to amend is proper where amendment would be futile). AFFIRMED. 2 25-4822