585 F. App'x 400

Shaun Darnell GARLAND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Matthew CATE, Secretary of Dep. Corr., Defendant-Appellee.

No. 13-16677.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted Sept. 23, 2014.*

Filed Oct. 9, 2014.

Shaun Darnell Garland, Blythe, CA, pro se.

*401Before: W. FLETCHER, RAWLINSON, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Shaun Darnell Garland appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action related to his criminal sentence. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir.2000). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed as Heck-barred Garland’s claim challenging the validity of his restitution fine. See Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 486-87, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994) (holding that, “in' order to recover damages for an allegedly unconstitutional conviction or imprisonment, or for other harm caused by actions whose unlawfulness would render a conviction or sentence invalid,” a plaintiff must prove “that the conviction or sentence has been reversed on direct appeal, expunged by executive order, declared invalid by a state tribunal authorized to make such determination, or called into question by a federal court’s issuance of a writ of habeas corpus”).

The district court properly dismissed as frivolous Garland’s claim seeking compensation under California Penal Code § 2900.5. See O’Loughlin v. Doe, 920 F.2d 614, 617 (9th Cir.1990) (defining “frivolous” as having no arguable basis in fact or law).

AFFIRMED.

Garland v. Cate
585 F. App'x 400

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