FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 17 2013
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
FRANCES HINES, No. 11-55919
Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 8:11-cv-00416-JVS-
FMO
v.
TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., INC., MEMORANDUM *
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
James V. Selna, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted January 15, 2013 **
Before: SILVERMAN, BEA, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.
Frances Hines appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing
her diversity action alleging personal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident.
We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of
*
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).
discretion a district court’s dismissal for failure to comply with local rules, Ghazali
v. Moran, 46 F.3d 52, 53 (9th Cir. 1995) (per curiam), and we affirm.
The district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing the action
because Hines failed to oppose defendants’ Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
12(b)(6) motion to dismiss. See C.D. Cal. Civ. R. 7-12 (“The failure to file any
required document, or the failure to file within the deadline, may be deemed
consent to the granting or denial of the motion.”); see also Jacobsen v. Filler, 790
F.2d 1362, 1364-65 (9th Cir. 1986) (pro se litigants in the ordinary civil case are
not excused from compliance with procedural rules).
AFFIRMED.
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