Case Name: George M. LEWIS, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Evan BAYH, U.S. Senator, Indiana; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-04-24
Citations: 229 F. App'x 514
Docket Number: No. 05-56930
Parties: George M. LEWIS, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Evan BAYH, U.S. Senator, Indiana; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 229
Pages: 514–515

Head Matter:
George M. LEWIS, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Evan BAYH, U.S. Senator, Indiana; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 05-56930.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 16, 2007.
Filed April 24, 2007.
' George M. Lewis, Hollywood, CA, pro se.
USLA, Office of the U.S. Attorney Civil & Tax Divisions, E. Katherine O’Brien, Office of the California Attorney General, Harrington Foxx Dubrow & Canter, LLP, Michael P. Hollomon, Jr., Esq., Reiner & Hollomon, Los Angeles, CA, Joseph R. Brown, Sherman Oaks, CA, Robert I. Lester, Esq., Wayne E. Uhl, Esq., Stephenson Daly Morow & Semler, David A. Arthur, Esq., Indiana Attorney Generals Office Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, for DefendantsAppellees.
Victor E. Ramirez, Solana Beach, CA, pro se.
Before: O’SCANNLAIN, GRABER, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
George M. Lewis appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his action alleging defendants violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 1985. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo dismissals for failure to state a claim and based on the statute of limitations. Daniel v. County of Santa Barbara, 288 F.3d 375, 380 (9th Cir.2002). We review for abuse of discretion dismissals for improper venue. Bruns v. Nat'l Credit Union Admin., 122 F.3d 1251, 1253 (9th Cir.1997). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed without prejudice Lewis's claim against Senator Bayh, because venue was improper in the Central District of California, see 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b), and Lewis neither sought to have the claim transferred nor showed that a transfer to the proper venue would be in the interests of justice, see King v. Russell, 963 F.2d 1301, 1304 (9th Cir.1992) (per curiam).
The district court properly concluded Lewis failed to state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(2), because Lewis did not allege defendants' actions hampered him from presenting an effective case in any then-pending matter in federal court. See Blankenship v. McDonald, 176 F.3d 1192, 1196 (9th Cir.1999).
The district court properly concluded the remaining claims were time-barred. See Maldonado v. Harris, 370 F.3d 945, 954-55 (9th Cir.2004) (California's former one-year personal injury statute of limitations is applicable to section 1983 claims that expired before January 1, 2003).
The district court also properly declined to consider the claim against defendant Tempke, which Lewis had previously voluntarily dismissed with prejudice.
We decline to consider contentions not "specifically and distinctly argued" in Lewis's opening brief. See United States v. Ullah, 976 F.2d 509, 514 (9th Cir.1992).
We find Lewis's remaining contentions unpersuasive.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provid ed by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.