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Kenneth W. GUICE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James L. EMERSON, a natural person; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 14-16004
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted December 14, 2016 
    
    Filed December 21, 2016
    Felix Eric Leatherwood, Esquire, Attorney,- Felix E. Leatherwood Law Office, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant
    John J. Edmonds, Collins Edmonds Schlather & Tower, PLLC, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees
    Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). '
    
   MEMORANDUM

Kenneth W. Guice appeals the district court’s summary judgment in his diversity action alleging fraud related to a real estate transaction. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion evidentiary rulings made in the context of summary judgment. Fonseca v. Sysco Food Serv., Inc., 374 F.3d 840, 845 (9th Cir. 2004). We affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion in deciding defendants’ motion for summary judgment without holding a hearing because Guice was provided a sufficient opportunity to oppose defendants’ motion and to raise any evidentiary objections in his opposition brief. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 78(b).

We do not consider Guice’s contentions that the district court erred in relying on both the affidavit filed in support of defendants’ motion for summary judgment and the attached exhibits because Guice waived these evidentiary arguments by raising them for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009) (we will not consider issues raised for the first time on appeal except to prevent manifest injustice); see also Davis v. HSBC Bank Nev., N.A., 691 F.3d 1152, 1161 (9th Cir. 2012) (failure to object to authenticity of document before district court waives issue on appeal); Pfingston v. Ronan Eng’g Co., 284 F.3d 999, 1003-04 (9th Cir. 2002) (to preserve hearsay objection a party “must either move to strike the affidavit or otherwise lodge an objection with the district court”).

Therefore, we affirm the judgment.

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