FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAY 29 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
TRACY D. LAWSON, No. 12-15833
Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 2:11-cv-01163-KJM-
KJN
v.
CITICORP TRUST BANK, A Member of MEMORANDUM*
Citigroup; et al.,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California
Kimberly J. Mueller, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted May 13, 2014**
Before: CLIFTON, BEA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Tracy D. Lawson appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment
dismissing her action arising out of foreclosure proceedings. We have jurisdiction
under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion the denial of a
*
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).
motion to amend. Hartmann v. Cal. Dep’t of Corr. & Rehab., 707 F.3d 1114, 1129
(9th Cir. 2013). We may affirm on any basis supported by the record, Johnson v.
Riverside Healthcare Sys., LP, 534 F.3d 1116, 1121 (9th Cir. 2008), and we affirm.
Denial of Lawson’s motion for leave to amend her complaint was not an
abuse of discretion because amendment would be futile. See Hartmann, 707 F.3d
at 1130; see also Hebbe v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, 341-42 (9th Cir. 2010) (though pro
se pleadings are to be liberally construed, a plaintiff must still present factual
allegations sufficient to state a plausible claim for relief); Gomes v. Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc., 121 Cal. Rptr. 3d 819, 824 (Ct. App. 2011) (California law does
not “provide for a judicial action to determine whether the person initiating the
foreclosure process is indeed authorized” (citation omitted)).
Lawson’s contention that the district court held her to the standards of a
practicing attorney is not supported by the record.
AFFIRMED.
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