Opinion
No. 13-16609
07-09-2015
BENJAMIN PHILIP CANNON, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. CITY OF PETALUMA; et al., Defendants - Appellees.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 3:11-cv-00651-JST MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Jon S. Tigar, District Judge, Presiding
Before: HAWKINS, GRABER, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Benjamin Philip Cannon appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging federal and state law claims arising out of traffic stops and a subsequent search warrant. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion a dismissal for failure to comply with a court order, Pagtalunan v. Galaza, 291 F.3d 639, 640 (9th Cir. 2002), and we affirm.
The district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing Cannon's action with prejudice because, despite multiple opportunities, Cannon repeatedly failed to comply with the district court orders instructing him to omit allegations and claims related to issues that had previously been dismissed with prejudice. See Pagtalunan, 291 F.3d at 642-43 (discussing the five factors for determining whether to dismiss for failure to comply with a court order); Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260 (9th Cir. 1992) (although dismissal is a harsh penalty, the district court's dismissal should not be disturbed absent "a definite and firm conviction" that it "committed a clear error of judgment" (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).
Because we affirm the district court's dismissal of Cannon's action for failure to comply with court orders, we do not consider Cannon's challenges to the district court's interlocutory orders. See Al-Torki v. Kaempen, 78 F.3d 1381, 1386 (9th Cir. 1996) ("[I]nterlocutory orders, generally appealable after a final judgment, are not appealable after a dismissal for failure to prosecute, whether the failure to prosecute is purposeful or is a result of negligence or mistake." (citation and internal question marks omitted)).
AFFIRMED.