Bruce Creamer v. City of Tulare

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 5 2017 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT BRUCE WARREN CREAMER, No. 16-17220 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 1:15-cv-00916-DAD-EPG v. MEMORANDUM* CITY OF TULARE, a Municipal Corporation and a Common Law City; et al., Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Dale A. Drozd, District Judge, Presiding Submitted June 26, 2017** Before: PAEZ, BEA, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges. Bruce Warren Creamer appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging various federal and state law violations. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm. Because Creamer has failed to address on appeal how the district court erred * 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). in dismissing his action, Creamer has waived his challenge to the district court’s dismissal for failure to state a claim. See Smith v. Marsh, 194 F.3d 1045, 1052 (9th Cir. 1999) (“[O]n appeal, arguments not raised by a party in its opening brief are deemed waived.”). We do not consider arguments and allegations raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009). We do not consider issues raised by Creamer in his brief that are not supported by argument. See Acosta-Huerta v. Estelle, 7 F.3d 139, 144 (9th Cir. 1992). We reject as unsupported by the record Creamer’s contentions of judicial bias. AFFIRMED. 2 16-17220