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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        JAN 23 2018
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ROBERT MOORE,                                   No. 17-16317

                Plaintiff-Appellant,            D.C. No. 2:16-cv-01602-APG-PAL

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
DITECH FINANCIAL LLC; BANK OF
NEW YORK MELLON, FKA Bank of New
York, as Trustee for the Certificate Holders
CWMBS, Inc. CHL Mortgage Pass-Through
Trust 2005-14, Mortgage Pass Through
Certificates, Series 2005-14,

                Defendants-Appellees.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                            for the District of Nevada
                   Andrew P. Gordon, District Judge, Presiding

                           Submitted January 16, 2018**

Before:      REINHARDT, TROTT, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

      Robert Moore appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing

his diversity action alleging a wrongful foreclosure claim. We have jurisdiction

      *
             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).
under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a district court’s dismissal for failure

to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Doe v. Abbott

Labs., 571 F.3d 930, 933 (9th Cir. 2009). We affirm.

      The district court properly dismissed Moore’s wrongful foreclosure claim

because Moore did not allege facts sufficient to show that he was not in default on

his loan, and that defendants have not foreclosed on Moore’s home. See In re

Mortg. Elec. Registration Sys., Inc., 754 F.3d 772, 785 (9th Cir. 2014) (“Nevada

law requires that a trustor or mortgagor show a lack of default in order to proceed

with a wrongful foreclosure claim.”); Collins v. Union Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass’n,

662 P.2d 610, 623 (Nev. 1983) (wrongful foreclosure claim requires allegations

that a lender exercised the power of sale and foreclosed upon property when no

failure of performance existed on the part of the borrower).

      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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