Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2017-03-23 20:01:07.16724+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            FILED
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       MAR 23 2017
                                                                       MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                        U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

 CHAD JAMES ROMINE,                               No. 16-15218

                  Plaintiff-Appellant,            D.C. No. 2:15-cv-00401-GEB-
                                                  KJN
   v.

 BIG O TIRES CORPORATE                            MEMORANDUM*
 HEADQUARTERS; et al.,

                  Defendants-Appellees.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Eastern District of California
                  Garland E. Burrell, Jr., District Judge, Presiding

                             Submitted March 8, 2017**

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

        Chad James Romine appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment

dismissing his action alleging various claims arising from the repair of his car. We

have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal for lack

of subject matter jurisdiction under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1), Rundgren v. Wash.

        *
             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).
Mut. Bank, FA, 760 F.3d 1056, 1059-60 (9th Cir. 2014), and we may affirm on any

ground supported by the record, Lambert v. Blodgett, 393 F.3d 943, 965 (9th Cir.

2004). We affirm.

       The district court dismissed Romine’s federal claims for lack of subject

matter jurisdiction. We affirm the dismissal of these claims on the alternate basis

that Romine failed to allege facts sufficient to state a plausible claim for relief. See

Hebbe v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, 341-42 (9th Cir. 2010) (although pro se pleadings

are to be liberally construed, a plaintiff must present factual allegations sufficient

to state a plausible claim for relief); Sanford v. MemberWorks, Inc., 625 F.3d 550,

557 (9th Cir. 2010) (setting forth elements of a claim under the Racketeer

Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act); Gibson v. United States, 781 F.2d
1334, 1338 (9th Cir. 1986) (a claim under 42 U.C.S. § 1983 requires that

defendants acted under the color of state law); Aldabe v. Aldabe, 616 F.2d 1089,

1092 (9th Cir. 1980) (18 U.S.C. §§ 241 and 242 do not provide a basis for civil

liability).

       The district court did not abuse its discretion by declining to exercise

supplemental jurisdiction over Romine’s state law claims. See 28 U.S.C.

§ 1367(c)(3) (permitting district court to decline supplemental jurisdiction if it has

dismissed all claims over which it has original jurisdiction); Costanich v. Dep’t of

Soc. & Health Servs., 627 F.3d 1101, 1107 (9th Cir. 2010) (standard of review).

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      The district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing Romine’s first

amended complaint without leave to amend because amendment would be futile.

See Weilburg v. Shapiro, 488 F.3d 1202, 1205 (9th Cir. 2007) (dismissal of a pro

se complaint without leave to amend is proper “if it is absolutely clear that the

deficiencies of the complaint could not be cured by amendment” (citation and

internal quotation marks omitted)); Chappel v. Lab. Corp. of Am., 232 F.3d 719,

725 (9th Cir. 2000) (standard of review).

      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).

      AFFIRMED.

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