NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 23 2017
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
OMOYI MVUEMBA, an individual, No. 15-55160
Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:14-cv-01126-ODW-
PLA
v.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, a public MEMORANDUM*
entity,
Defendant-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
Otis D. Wright II, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted February 14, 2017**
Before: GOODWIN, FARRIS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
Omoyi Mvuemba appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment
in his action brought under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and
the Americans with Disabilities Act. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
We affirm.
In his opening brief, Mvuemba fails to address how the district court erred in
granting summary judgment and, thus, this issue is waived. See Wilcox v. Comm’r,
848 F.2d 1007, 1008 n.2 (9th Cir. 1988) (arguments not raised on appeal by pro se
litigant deemed abandoned); see also Acosta-Huerta v. Estelle, 7 F.3d 139, 144
(9th Cir. 1993) (issues not supported by argument in pro se appellant’s opening
brief are waived).
We reject as unsupported by the record Mveumba’s contentions that the
district court denied him an opportunity to take additional depositions, submit
further evidence, and prepare his opposition to defendant’s motion for summary
judgment, and that his former counsel did not state arguments or submit evidence.
We do not consider Mvuemba’s arguments and allegations raised for the
first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).
AFFIRMED.
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