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Date Created: 2023-05-19 17:00:54.648036+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       MAY 19 2023
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TUWANNA THOMPSON, an individual,                No. 20-55955

                Plaintiff-Appellant,            D.C. No. 2:19-cv-05690-RSWL-AS

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
KAREN CIVIL, in her individual and
official capacity as an officer/member of
Live Civil, LLC; CHRISTIAN EMILIANO,
in his individual and official capacity as an
officer/member of Live Civil, LLC; LIVE
CIVIL, LLC, a California limited liability
company; DOES, 1 through 10, inclusive;
KARENCIVIL.COM, a business entity form
unknown,

                Defendants-Appellees.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Central District of California
                   Ronald S.W. Lew, District Judge, Presiding

                             Submitted May 16, 2023**

Before:      BENNETT, MILLER, and VANDYKE, 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).
      TuWanna Thompson appeals from the district court’s default judgment in

her diversity action alleging state law claims. We have jurisdiction under 28

U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion. Johnson v. Columbia Props.

Anchorage, LP, 437 F.3d 894, 898 (9th Cir. 2006) (denial of attorney’s fees);

Odima v. Westin Tucson Hotel, 53 F.3d 1484, 1495 (9th Cir. 1995) (damages

award). We affirm.

      The district court did not abuse its discretion in declining to award

Thompson attorney’s fees and additional reputational damages because Thompson

failed to prove sufficiently her entitlement to the fees and additional damages. See

Geddes v. United Fin. Grp., 559 F.2d 557, 560 (9th Cir. 1977) (explaining that,

although upon default the factual allegations of the complaint are taken as true, the

amount of damages must be proved); Travis v. Brand, 523 P.3d 380, 383 (Cal.

2023) (explaining that, in California, “litigants are ordinarily responsible for

paying their own attorney’s fees”).

      The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying in part Thompson’s

motion for reconsideration because Thompson failed to demonstrate a basis for

reconsideration of the attorney’s fees decision. See Sch. Dist. No. 1J, Multnomah

County, Or. V. AcandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1262-63 (9th Cir. 1993) (setting forth

standard of review and grounds for relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

59(e) and 60(b)).

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      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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