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Ramnik TRIVEDI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.
    No. 10-55750.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Nov. 21, 2011.
    
    Filed Nov. 23, 2011.
    Ramnik Trivedi, Thousand Oaks, CA, pro se.
    Robert F. Conte, USLA-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, Gretchen M. Wolfinger, Michael J. Haungs, Steven W. Parks, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Ap-pellee.
    
      Before: TASHIMA, BERZON, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2). Trivedi's request for oral argument is denied.
    
   MEMORANDUM

Ramnik Trivedi appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his action alleging wrongful tax collection by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a grant of summary judgment. Earl v. Nielsen Media Research, Inc., 658 F.3d 1108, 1112 (9th Cir.2011). We review for abuse of discretion a denial of a motion for relief from judgment under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b). Lal v. California, 610 F.3d 518, 523 (9th Cir.2010). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment because Trivedi failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether the IRS’s collection actions were timely. See 26 U.S.C. § 6502(a) (collection action must commence within ten years).

The court did not abuse its discretion in denying Trivedi’s Rule 60(b) motion on the ground that Trivedi’s neglect in failing to oppose the motion for summary judgment based on his misunderstanding of the local rules was not excusable. See Pioneer Inv. Servs. Co. v. Brunswick Assocs. Ltd. P’ship, 507 U.S. 380, 392, 113 S.Ct. 1489, 123 L.Ed.2d 74 (1993); King v. Atiyeh, 814 F.2d 565, 567 (9th Cir.1987) (“Pro se litigants must follow the same rules of procedure that govern other litigants.”). Trivedi failed to establish any other ground warranting relief from judgment. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b).

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