Opinion ID: 200208
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Heading: Dismissal of the Complaint Without Granting Leave to Amend and Undertake Discovery

Text: 6 The Donovans summarily argue that the district court erred as a matter of law by dismissing their complaint without granting them leave to amend and undertake discovery to avoid dismissal. We need not reach the merits of this claim because plaintiffs failed to develop their argument and, consequently, have waived it for purposes of appeal. See FDIC v. LeBlanc, 85 F.3d 815, 820 (1st Cir.1996) (stating that `issues averted to in a perfunctory manner, unaccompanied by some effort at developed argumentation, [will be] deemed waived for purposes of appeal' (quoting Grella v. Salem Five Cent Sav. Bank, 42 F.3d 26, 36 (1st Cir.1994))). Other than making a bald assertion of abuse, plaintiffs fail to explain how the district court abused its discretion or allege what evidence they would have presented had the court granted their request to amend. Therefore, plaintiffs have waived this claim.