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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        NOV 2 2023
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARCELO HERNANDEZ,                              No.    22-55402

                Plaintiff-Appellant,            D.C. No.
                                                2:20-cv-02534-DMG-SK
 v.

HASSAN ALAMEDDINE, individually and             MEMORANDUM*
in his official capacity as Building Official
for the County of Los Angeles, California;
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; MARY
CONWAY WICKHAM, County Counsel;
ROBERT C. CARTWRIGHT, Assistant
County Counsel; ROSA LINDA CRUZ,
Senior Deputy County Counsel; MARK
KENNETH WORTHGE, Esq. SBN 118435;
ALEXANDRIA HOBSON, SBN 303320,

                Defendants-Appellees.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Central District of California
                     Dolly M. Gee, District Judge, Presiding

                          Submitted November 2, 2023**

Before: O’SCANNLAIN, FERNANDEZ, and SILVERMAN, 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).
      Marcelo Hernandez appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment

dismissing his civil rights action with prejudice. We have jurisdiction under 28

U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, see, e.g., Weston Family P’ship LLLP v.

Twitter, 29 F.4th 611, 617 (9th Cir. 2022), and we affirm.

      The district court properly determined that it had jurisdiction to adjudicate

Hernandez’s complaint, because Hernandez alleged a violation of a federal statute.

28 U.S.C. § 1331; Rivet v. Regions Bank of La., 522 U.S. 470, 475 (1998) (to

establish jurisdiction under § 1331, a federal question must be “presented on the

face of the plaintiff's properly pleaded complaint” (citation and internal quotation

marks omitted)).

      The district court properly dismissed Hernandez’s federal claims because

Hernandez failed to state a colorable claim under federal law. See U.S. Const.,

amend. X (“The powers not delegated to the United States . . . are reserved to the

States respectively, or to the people.”); Florida v. Jardines, 569 U.S. 1, 6 (2013)

(Fourth Amendment); Connick v. Thompson, 563 U.S. 51, 60 (2011) (vicarious

liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983); Lingle v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., 544 U.S. 528, 538

(2005) (Fifth Amendment takings per se); Penn Central Transp. Co. v. New York

City, 438 U.S. 104 (1978) (Fifth Amendment takings); see generally Mathews v.

Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319, 334-35 (1976) (due process).

      The district court properly dismissed Hernandez’s state law claims, because

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Hernandez did not file a timely notice under the California Tort Claims Act. Cal.

Gov’t Code § 911.2(a); see also, e.g., Mangold v. California Public Utilities

Comm’n, 67 F.3d 1470, 1477 (9th Cir. 1995).

       The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Hernandez’s motion

for reconsideration, because he presented no colorable basis for reconsideration.

See, e.g., Carroll v. Nakatani, 342 F.3d 934, 940, 945 (9th Cir. 2003) (motion for

reconsideration should not be granted, absent highly unusual circumstances, unless

the district court is presented with newly discovered evidence, committed clear

error, or if there is an intervening change in the controlling law; it may not be used

to raise arguments or present evidence for the first time when they could

reasonably have been raised earlier in the litigation); Zimmerman v. City of

Oakland, 255 F.3d 734, 740 (9th Cir. 2001) (setting forth standard of review).

       We reject as without merit and unsupported by the record Hernandez’s

arguments that he was denied discovery, or a trial; that there were no findings; that

the district court allowed “false documents”; and that he was not heard before the

district court.

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

in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations made for the first time on

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

       Hernandez levies wild accusations against the district court. These

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accusations are utterly unsupported. The record reveals no judicial misconduct,

and certainly no criminal liability, for proper decisions that went against

Hernandez.

      Hernandez’s motions for a stay and for remand (Docket Entry Nos. 14, 17,

18) are denied.

      AFFIRMED.

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