Opinion
No. 14-56369
02-22-2017
KOFI OBENG-AMPONSAH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellee.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 5:14-cv-00262-GHK-JC MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California
George H. King, District Judge, Presiding Before: GOODWIN, FARRIS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
Kofi Obeng-Amponsah appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his diversity action alleging foreclosure related claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm.
In his opening brief, plaintiff fails to address how the district court erred in dismissing his action for failure to respond to defendant's motion to dismiss. As a result, he has waived his appeal of the dismissal order. See Smith v. Marsh, 194 F.3d 1045, 1052 (9th Cir. 1999) ("[O]n appeal, arguments not raised by a party in its opening brief are deemed waived."); see also Greenwood v. FAA, 28 F.3d 971, 977 (9th Cir. 1994) ("We will not manufacture arguments for an appellant . . . .").
Because we affirm the district court's dismissal for failure to respond, we do not consider plaintiff's challenge to the district court's interlocutory orders. See Al-Torki v. Kaempen, 78 F.3d 1381, 1386 (9th Cir. 1996).
All pending motions are denied.
AFFIRMED.