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Carlos LAZO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHUMASH CASINO, Guardian Ad Litem Chumash Casino & Resort Enterprises, Defendant-Appellee.
    No. 06-56760.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Nov. 13, 2008.
    
    Filed Nov. 24, 2008.
    Ste. C, Goleta, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    Jeffrey J. Whitelaw, Esq., Zaro Sillis & Ramazzini, Sacramento, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.
    Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Carlos Lazo appeals pro se from the district court’s order dismissing his personal injury action filed against the Chumash Casino & Resort Enterprises. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Allen v. Gold Country Casino, 464 F.3d 1044, 1046 (9th Cir.2006), and we affirm.

The district court properly dismissed the action because the defendant was entitled to tribal sovereign immunity. Contrary to Lazo’s contention, the casino did not waive immunity. See id. at 1047 (“Waivers of tribal sovereign immunity may not be implied.”).

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