Opinion
No. 17-36027
08-21-2018
DANIEL M. SANDOVAL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY; ARMY BOARD CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS, Defendants-Appellees.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 3:17-cv-05034-RBL MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
Ronald B. Leighton, District Judge, Presiding Before: FARRIS, BYBEE, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
Daniel M. Sandoval appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in his action challenging the Army Board for Correction of Military Records's ("ABCMR") denial of Sandoval's application for correction of his military record. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the district court's decision on cross-motions for summary judgment. Guatay Christian Fellowship v. County of San Diego, 670 F.3d 957, 970 (9th Cir. 2011). We affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment for defendants because Sandoval failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether the ABCMR's decision to deny his application was arbitrary, capricious, or not supported by substantial evidence. See 5 U.S.C. § 706(2); Guerrero v. Stone, 970 F.2d 626, 628 (9th Cir. 1992) (setting forth standard governing judicial review of ABCMR decisions).
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).
Sandoval's motion to supplement the record (Docket Entry No. 14) is denied.
AFFIRMED.