Walker v. Gomez

MEMORANDUM *

This memorandum disposition supplements the opinion filed concurrently herewith.

1. The district court did not err in dismissing Walker’s claims against defendant Gomez under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as “[liability under section 1983 arises only upon a showing of personal participation by the defendant.” Taylor v. List, 880 F.2d 1040, 1045 (9th Cir.1989).

2. The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Walker’s request for additional time to amend the complaint. Pro se civil litigants are not excepted from court-ordered deadlines. See Jones v. Phipps, 39 F.3d 158, 163 (7th…