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Summary: FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION OCT 05 2016 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JAMES J. JEREMIAH, No. 14-35172 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:12-cv-01071-RAJ v. MEMORANDUM* STEVE LINCOLN; et al., Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Richard A. Jones, District Judge, Presiding Submitted September 27, 2016** Before: TASHIMA, SILVERMAN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges. James J.
Summary: FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION OCT 05 2016 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JAMES J. JEREMIAH, No. 14-35172 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:12-cv-01071-RAJ v. MEMORANDUM* STEVE LINCOLN; et al., Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Richard A. Jones, District Judge, Presiding Submitted September 27, 2016** Before: TASHIMA, SILVERMAN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges. James J. ..
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FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION OCT 05 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JAMES J. JEREMIAH, No. 14-35172
Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:12-cv-01071-RAJ
v.
MEMORANDUM*
STEVE LINCOLN; et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Washington
Richard A. Jones, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted September 27, 2016**
Before: TASHIMA, SILVERMAN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
James J. Jeremiah appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment
in his action alleging federal and state law claims. We have jurisdiction under 28
U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Kennedy v. Allied Mut. Ins. Co.,
952 F.2d
262, 265 (9th Cir. 1991). We affirm.
*
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).
The district court properly granted summary judgment because Jeremiah
failed to meet his burden of “produc[ing] specific evidence, through affidavits or
admissible discovery material, to show that a dispute exists.”
Id. (citing Fed. R.
Civ. P. 56(e)).
The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Jeremiah’s Rule
60(b) motion seeking to vacate summary judgment because Jeremiah did not
demonstrate any grounds warranting such relief. See Sch. Dist. No. 1J, Multnomah
Cty., Or. v. ACandS, Inc.,
5 F.3d 1255, 1262-63 (9th Cir. 1993) (setting forth
standard of review and grounds for relief).
The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Jeremiah’s motions
to amend his complaint because his first motion failed to comply with local rules
and his proposed second amended complaint presented no new facts that could not
have been presented in the operative first amended complaint. See Allen v. City of
Beverly Hills,
911 F.2d 367, 373-74 (9th Cir. 1990) (setting forth standard of
review and explaining that a district court does not abuse its discretion in denying
leave to amend a complaint when the plaintiff “presented no new facts . . . and
provided no satisfactory explanation for his failure to fully develop his contentions
originally” (citations and internal quotation marks omitted); see also Ascon v.
Props., Inc. v. Mobil Oil Co.,
866 F.2d 1149, 1160 (9th Cir. 1989) (“The district
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court’s discretion to deny leave to amend is particularly broad where plaintiff has
previously amended the complaint.”).
The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Jeremiah’s motion
for default judgment against Larry Mitchell because Jeremiah failed to make a
showing justifying the entry of default judgment. See Eitel v. McCool,
782 F.2d
1470, 1471-72 (9th Cir. 1986) (setting forth standard of review and factors for
entry of default judgment).
We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued
in the opening brief. See Padgett v. Wright,
587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009)
(per curiam).
All pending motions and requests are denied.
AFFIRMED.
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