Jeremy Pinson v. Unknown Party

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 27 2019 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JEREMY VAUGHN PINSON, No. 18-17189 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 4:18-cv-00192-DCB-DTF v. MEMORANDUM* UNKNOWN PARTY, named as USP Tucson Warden, Respondent-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona David C. Bury, District Judge, Presiding Submitted February 19, 2019** Before: FERNANDEZ, SILVERMAN, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges. Federal prisoner Jeremy Vaughan Pinson appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing her 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for failure to comply with the court’s order to file an amended petition. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm. * 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 the opening brief, Pinson fails to address how the district court abused its discretion in dismissing her action for failure to comply with the court’s order to file an amended petition. See Pagtalunan v. Galaza, 291 F.3d 639, 640 (9th Cir. 2002) (dismissal for failure to comply with a district court’s order requiring submission of pleadings within specified time is reviewed for abuse of discretion). Accordingly, Pinson has waived her challenge to the dismissal order. 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.”). AFFIRMED. 2 18-17189