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affirming the court's dismissal of this Plaintiff's complaint for failure to satisfy Rule 8
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No. 16-56306
02-22-2017
GAVIN B. DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOHN GREGORY UNRUH, an individual; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 3:16-cv-00897-BTM-WVG MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Barry Ted Moskowitz, Chief 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.
Gavin B. Davis appeals pro se from the district court's judgment in his action alleging federal and state law violations. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion a dismissal for failure to comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 8. We review de novo a dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii). Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir. 1998). We affirm.
The district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing Davis's action for failure to comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 8. Despite the district court's warning, Davis's amended complaint consisted of 159 pages -- 58 pages more than the original complaint -- as well as 172 pages of exhibits. See McHenry v. Renne, 84 F.3d 1172, 1177 (9th Cir. 1996) (affirming dismissal of complaint that was "argumentative, prolix, replete with redundancy, and largely irrelevant").
We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009); 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.").
All pending motions and requests are denied.
AFFIRMED.