Opinion
No. 05-35036.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).
Filed August 5, 2008.
Richard Roy Scott, Steilacoom, WA, pro se.
Timothy Norman Lang, Esq., Donna J. Hamilton, Esq., Gordon Rees, LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Jeffrey R. Erwin, Esq., Office of the Washington Attorney General, Social Health Services, Olympia, WA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Robert J. Bryan, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-04-05147-RJB.
Before: B. FLETCHER, THOMAS, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Richard Roy Scott appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging violations of his civil rights in connection with his detainment in the Washington State Special Commitment Center. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Navarro v. Block, 72 F.3d 712, 714 (9th Cir. 1995). We affirm.
Scott advances no argument challenging the district court's dismissal of the action. We therefore deem any challenge to the judgment abandoned. See Indep. Towers of Wash. v. Washington, 350 F.3d 925, 929 (9th Cir. 2003) (explaining that issues not argued on appeal are deemed abandoned).