Court Opinion

ID: 9380239
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Date Created: 2023-03-17 18:00:48.544905+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       MAR 17 2023
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MICHAEL L. McLAUGHLIN,                          No. 20-35339

                Plaintiff-Appellant,            D.C. No. 3:18-cv-00085-SLG

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
SHANNON McCLOUD; JAMES M.
MILBURN; ROBERT D. HIBPSHMAN;
JOHN BODICK; MATTHIAS C. CICOTTE;
DARIN A. MEDINA; DAVID H.
CLEVELAND; MATTHEW ZEEK;
CURTIS J. BROWN; ROY L. SMITH;
BRIAN D. JOHNSON; BYRON J.
KINCAID; GARY HAMES; AMY
FENSKE; DONALD K. CARLON;
JONATHAN C. BARCUS,

                Defendants-Appellees.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                            for the District of Alaska
                   Sharon L. Gleason, District Judge, Presiding

                            Submitted March 14, 2023**

Before:      SILVERMAN, SUNG, and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges.

      *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
      **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
      Alaska state prisoner Michael L. McLaughlin appeals pro se from the district

court’s judgment dismissing his action alleging federal and state law claims. We

have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Watison v. Carter,

668 F.3d 1108, 1112 (9th Cir. 2012) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii)); Pickern v. Pier 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc., 457 F.3d 963, 968 (9th

Cir. 2006) (determination of whether a complaint complies with Federal Rule of

Civil Procedure 8). We affirm.

      The district court properly dismissed McLaughlin’s federal claims because

McLaughlin’s operative first amended complaint failed to comply with Rule 8.

See Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2) (a pleading must contain “a short and plain statement of

the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief”); McHenry v. Renne, 84

F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 1996) (a complaint does not comply with Rule 8 if “one

cannot determine from the complaint who is being sued, for what relief, and on

what theory”); Nevijel v. N. Coast Life Ins. Co., 651 F.2d 671, 674 (9th Cir. 1981)

(a complaint that is “verbose, confusing and conclusory” violates Rule 8).

      We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued

in the opening brief. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).

      AFFIRMED.

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