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258 F. App'x 108

Maderazo v. Labore

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided December 3, 2007

U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2007-12-03

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Yahya M.A. Omar v. Sea-Land Service, Inc., a Foreign Corporation, and the M/v Endurance, Yahya M.A. Omar v. Sea-Land Service, Inc., a Corporation, and the M/v Endurance, Defendants · Scofield v. City of Hillsborough

Decided 2007-12-03

¶1MEMORANDUM …

¶2Rodolfo E. Maderazo appeals pro se the district court’s sua sponte dismissal of his action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The district court held that Maderazo had failed to state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 based on the towing of his unregistered vehicle. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a sua sponte dismissal, see Omar v. Sea-Land Serv. Inc., 813 F.2d 986, 991 (9th Cir.1987), and we reverse and remand.

¶3The district court misread the complaint to the effect that Maderazo recovered his vehicle on March 27, 1999. Maderazo simply alleged that he requested a post-tow hearing on that date. According to the allegations of his complaint, Maderazo retrieved his car on April 1, 1999, seven days after it was towed.

¶4Maderazo also alleged that he did not receive a post-towing hearing within 48 hours of his request for a hearing. Defendants’ failure to hold a hearing within 48 hours may have violated Maderazo’s due process rights. See Scofield v. City of Hillsborough, 862 F.2d 759, 764 (9th Cir.1988). We remand for the district court to allow the adversary process to play out to decide whether Maderazo was provided with sufficient process by balancing the factors outlined in Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319, 335, 96 S.Ct. 893, 47 L.Ed.2d 18 (1976).

¶5*109Maderazo’s remaining contentions lack merit.

¶6The parties shall bear their own costs on appeal.

¶7REVERSED AND REMANDED.

¶8 This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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