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Lorena MEYER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dolly MATTENEUCCI; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 12-17065.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Aug. 13, 2014.
    
    Filed Aug. 19, 2014.
    Lorena Meyer, Vallejo, CA, pro se.
    Courtney Suzanne Lui, Deputy Attorney General, AGCA-Office of the California Attorney General, Oakland, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Lorena Meyer appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing her employment action alleging various federal and state law claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), Hebbe v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, 341 (9th Cir.2010), and we affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Meyer’s action because Meyer failed to allege facts sufficient to support one or more elements of her claims. See id. at 841-42 (although pro se pleadings are liberally construed, plaintiff must allege sufficient facts to state a plausible claim); Cholla Ready Mix, Inc. v. Civish, 382 F.3d 969, 973 (9th Cir.2004) (conclusory allegations, unwarranted deductions, or unreasonable inferences need not be accepted as true); see also, e.g., Pinnacle Armor, Inc. v. United States, 648 F.3d 708, 716 (9th Cir.2011) (elements of due process claim); Thornton v. City of St. Helens, 425 F.3d 1158, 1166-67 (9th Cir.2005) (elements of equal protection claim); Parks Sch. of Bus., Inc. v. Symington, 51 F.3d 1480, 1487 (9th Cir.1995) (elements of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 claim); Miller v. Maxwell’s Int’l Inc., 991 F.2d 583, 587 (9th Cir.1993) (no individual liability under Age Discrimination in Employment Act); Guz v. Bechtel Nat'l, Inc., 24 Cal.4th 317, 100 Cal.Rptr.2d 352, 8 P.3d 1089, 1113-14 (2000) (elements of discrimination claim under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act).

The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Meyer’s motion for leave to amend because Meyer failed to cure the defects in her due process and equal protection claims, failed to allege sufficient facts in support of her proposed Title VII retaliation claim, and was barred by the doctrine of res judicata from pursuing her proposed First Amendment claim. See Platt Elec. Supply, Inc. v. EOFF Elec., Inc., 522 F.3d 1049, 1054 (9th Cir.2008) (setting forth standard of review, and noting that district court does not abuse its discretion by denying leave to amend where amendment would be futile); Vasquez v. County of Los Angeles, 349 F.3d 634, 646 (9th Cir.2004) (elements of prima facie case of retaliation under Title VII); Stewart v. U.S. Bancorp, 297 F.3d 953, 957 (9th Cir.2002) (setting forth elements of the doctrine of res judicata, which bars re-litigation of claims adjudicated on the merits in a prior action).

The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Meyer’s motions for reconsideration under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 60(a) and 60(b) because Meyer failed to establish grounds for such relief. See Garamendi v. Henin, 683 F.3d 1069, 1077-80 (9th Cir.2012) (setting forth standard of review and factors warranting reconsideration under Rule 60(a)); Sch. Dist. No. 1J, Multnomah Cnty., Or. v. ACandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1262-63 (9th Cir.1993) (setting forth standard of review and factors warranting reconsideration under Rule 60(b)).

We do not address issues raised for the first time in Meyer’s reply brief. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n. 2 (9th Cir.2009) (per curiam).

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.