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Henry GOSSAGE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard TERRILL; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 13-35006.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Nov. 18, 2014.
    
    Filed Dec. 4, 2014.
    Henry Gossage, Olympia, WA, pro se.
    Helen J. Brunner, Esquire, Assistant U.S., Teal Luthy Miller, Marion Jamieson Mittet, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney Seattle, WA, for Defendant-Ap-pellees.
    Before: LEAVY, FISHER, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Henry Gossage appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing as time-barred his action alleging that defendants violated his rights under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), and the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), by allegedly failing to inform him that his debarment from federal employment had been lifted. We have jurisdiction under 28 ' U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Jones v. Blanas, 393 F.3d 918, 926 (9th Cir.2004), and we affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Gossage’s Bivens claim as time-barred because Gossage filed this action more than three years after he knew that his debarment from federal employment had been lifted. See Bagley v. CMC Real Estate Corp., 923 F.2d 758, 760 (9th Cir.1991) (limitations period for Bivens action is three years under Washington state law; claim accrues when plaintiff “knows or has reason to know of the injury which is the basis of the action” (internal quotation marks omitted)). Contrary to Gossage’s primary argument on appeal, the district court properly concluded that Gossage set forth no basis for equitable tolling. See Papa v. United States, 281 F.3d 1004, 1009 (9th Cir.2002) (like the statute of limitations, “[tjolling provisions for Bivens claims are also borrowed from the forum state”); Trotzer v. Vig, 149 Wash.App. 594, 203 P.3d 1056, 1062 (2009) (setting forth predicates for equitable tolling).

We do not consider issues raised in Gos-sage’s opening brief that are not supported by argument, including the district court’s dismissal of Gossage’s FOIA claim. See Acosta-Huerta v. Estelle, 7 F.3d 139, 144 (9th Cir.1992) (“Issues raised in a brief which are not supported by argument are deemed abandoned.” (internal quotation marks omitted)).

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