FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 02 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
WILLIAM T. WEBSTER, No. 12-16088
Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 2:09-cv-02433-JCM-
VCF
v.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS MEMORANDUM*
AFFAIRS; et al.,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Nevada
James C. Mahan, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted December 17, 2013**
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
William T. Webster appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment
dismissing his action alleging federal and state law claims arising from his removal
from transitional housing. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
review for an abuse of discretion the imposition of discovery sanctions. Conn.
Gen. Life Ins. Co. v. New Images of Beverly Hills, 482 F.3d 1091, 1096 (9th Cir.
2007). We affirm.
The district court did not abuse its discretion by imposing terminating
sanctions under Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(b)(2) on the basis of Webster’s willful
violations of the court’s discovery orders that prevented defendants from
conducting meaningful discovery. See Conn. Gen. Life Ins. Co., 482 F.3d at 1096-
97 (discussing factors for evaluating terminating sanctions, and noting that
terminating sanctions may be appropriate “[w]here a party so damages the integrity
of the discovery process that there can never be assurance of proceeding on the true
facts” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).
Webster’s contentions concerning the denial of his motion for partial
summary judgment are unsupported by the record. See Balvage v. Ryderwood
Improvement & Serv. Ass’n, Inc., 642 F.3d 765, 775 (9th Cir. 2011) (setting forth
standard of review).
AFFIRMED.
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