Case Name: Robert GUSSIE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-12-31
Citations: 551 F. App'x 326
Docket Number: No. 12-56116
Parties: Robert GUSSIE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and GRABER, Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 551
Pages: 326–327

Head Matter:
Robert GUSSIE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Defendant-Appellee.
No. 12-56116.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 17, 2013.
Filed Dec. 31, 2013.
Robert Gussie, Ramona, CA, pro se.
Charles H. Abbott, Patricia L. Victory, Leslie M. Werlin, Esquire, McGuirewoods LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and GRABER, Circuit Judge.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Robert Gussie appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his foreclosure action for failure to comply with the local rules. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion, Ghazali v. Moran, 46 F.3d 52, 53 (9th Cir.1995) (per curiam), and we affirm.
The district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing Gussie's action because Gussie failed to file an opposition within the time required by the local rules, and the balance of factors favored dismissal. See S.D. Cal. Civ. R. 7.1.e.2 (stating that parties must file an opposition fourteen calendar days before the noticed hearing); Ghazali, 46 F.3d at 53-54 (listing the factors to be weighed before dismissing an action for failure to follow the local rules, noting that pro se litigants are bound by the rules, and affirming the dismissal of a pro se prisoner's civil rights action for failure to file a timely opposition to defendant's motions to compel and to dismiss).
We reject Gussie's contentions that the clerk mistakenly closed his case file before the judge reviewed it, that he had an unspecified agreement with opposing counsel to extend the time to file his opposition, and that defendant removed the case to federal court to make things difficult for him.
We do not consider the letters submitted by a non-party to this action, received on August 23, 2013, September 11, 2013, and December 12, 2013.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.