Court Opinion

ID: 4153470
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Date Created: 2017-03-16 20:01:05.465039+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       MAR 16 2017
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

 CLEMENT MAKUNG AYER, AKA                        No. 16-15976
 Clement Ayer, AKA Clement M. Ayer,
                                                 D.C. No. 2:13-cv-00482-DJH-
                  Plaintiff-Appellant,           MHB

   v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM*
 CHARLES L. RYAN, Director at Arizona
 State Prison Complex,

                  Defendant-Appellee.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                             for the District of Arizona
                   Diane J. Humetewa, District Judge, Presiding

                             Submitted March 8, 2017**

Before:       LEAVY, W. FLETCHER, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

        Arizona state prisoner Clement Makung Ayer appeals pro se from the

district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging

defendant violated his Eighth Amendment rights by not providing elbow surgery or

        *
             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).
a diabetic diet. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo.

Guatay Christian Fellowship v. County of San Diego, 670 F.3d 957, 970 (9th Cir.

2011). We affirm.

      The district court properly granted summary judgment for defendant Ryan

because Ayer failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether

defendant knew of and disregarded an excessive risk to Ayer’s health. See

Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1059-60 (9th Cir. 2004) (a prison official acts

with deliberate indifference only if he knows of and disregards an excessive risk to

the prisoner’s health); Jones v. Williams, 297 F.3d 930, 934 (9th Cir. 2002) (under

§ 1983, there must be a showing of personal participation in the alleged rights

deprivation).

      The district court did not abuse its discretion when it denied Ayer’s motion

to amend judgment and motion for relief from judgment because Ayer failed to

establish any grounds for such relief. See Sch. Dist. No. 1J, Multnomah Cty., Or.

v. ACandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1262-63 (9th Cir. 1993) (setting forth standard of

review and grounds for relief from judgment under Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure 59(e) and 60(b)).

      Ayer’s appeal of the denial of his motion for preliminary injunction is moot.

See Mt. Graham Red Squirrel v. Madigan, 954 F.2d 1441, 1450 (9th Cir. 1992)

(when underlying claims have been decided, the reversal of a denial of preliminary

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relief would have no practical consequences, and the issue is therefore moot).

      We do not consider arguments and allegations raised for the first time on

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

      We do not consider issues which are not supported by argument. See

Acosta-Huerta v. Estelle, 7 F.3d 139, 144 (9th Cir. 1993).

      AFFIRMED.

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