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357 F. App'x 903

Fox v. Richards

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided December 14, 2009

U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2009-12-14

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Wilcox v. Commissioner · Entertainment Research Group, Inc. v. Genesis Creative Group, Inc.

Decided 2009-12-14

¶1MEMORANDUM …

¶2Harry Vern Fox, a civil detainee, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging various constitutional violations arising from his confinement. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm.

¶3By failing to identify the issues he sought to appeal in his opening brief, Fox has waived any arguments that the district court erred in disposing of his claims. See Entm’t Research Group, Inc. v. Genesis Creative Group, Inc., 122 F.3d 1211, 1217 (9th Cir.1997) (“We review only issues which are argued specifically and distinctly in a party’s opening brief. We will not manufacture arguments for an appellant, and a bare assertion does not preserve a claim.”) (citations omitted); Wilcox v. Comm’r, 848 F.2d 1007, 1008 n. 2 (9th Cir.1988) (explaining that arguments not raised on appeal by a pro se litigant are deemed abandoned).

¶4We have already considered and denied Fox’s requests for appointment of counsel.

¶5AFFIRMED.

¶6 This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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