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John E. BURGESS, Plaintiff-counterclaim-defendant-Appellant, v. Dennis MINENI, Defendant-counter-claimant-plaintiff-Appellee, United States of America, Counter-defendant-Appellee.
    No. 15-16770
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted February 14, 2017 
    
    Filed February 27, 2017
    John E. Burgess, Pro Se
    Dennis Mineni, Pro Se
    Nathaniel S. Pollock, Attorney, Thomas J. Clark, Supervisory Attorney, DOJ— U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division/Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Counter-defendant-Appellee
    Before: GOODWIN, FARRIS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App, P, 34(a)(2),
    
   MEMORANDUM

John E. Burgess appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment for the United States in his breach of contract action against Mineni. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm.

In his opening brief, Burgess 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 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).

AFFIRMED. 
      
       -phis disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.