Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2012-04-18 20:22:30+00
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FILED
                            NOT FOR PUBLICATION                             APR 18 2012

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                            FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ERIC JOHNSON,                                    No. 08-55481

              Plaintiff - Appellant,             D.C. No. 2:07-cv-06176-JFW-JTL

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM *
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER,
Governor of California, in his individual
capacity; GRAY DAVIS, Former
Governor of California, in his individual
capacity; RODERICK HICKMAN,
Secretary of the California Youth and
Adult Correctional Agency, in his
individual capacity; ROBERT PRESLEY,
Former secretary of the California Youth
and Adult Correctional Agency, in his
individual capacity; MARGARITA E.
PEREZ, Chairperson of the California
Board of Prison Terms, in her individual
capacity; CAROL DALY, Former
Chairperson of the California Board of
Prison Terms, in her individual capacity;
THOMAS WADKINS, Associate Chief
Deputy Commissioner of the California
Board of Prison Terms, in his individual
capacity; TERRY R. FARMER, Chief
Counsel, California Board of Prison
Terms, in his individual capacity;

        *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
MARVIN E. SPEED, II, Executive
Director of the California Board oif Prison
Terms, in his individual capacity; KEN
CATER, Chief Deputy Commissioner of
the California Board of Prison Terms, in
his individual capacity; MARC D. REMIS,
Official of the California Board of Prison
Terms, in his individual capacity; DAN
MOELLER, Counsel, California Board of
Prison Terms, in his individual capacity;
JEANNE S. WOODFORD, Director of the
California Department of Corrections, in
her individual capacity; EDWARD S.
ALAMEIDA, Jr., Former Director of the
California Department of Corrections, in
his individual capacity; BRIGIT
MURRIA, Parole Agent, California
Department of Corrections, in her
individual capacity,

              Defendants - Appellees.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Central District of California
                    John F. Walter, District Judge, Presiding

                            Submitted April 12, 2012 **
                               Pasadena, California

       **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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Before: SILVERMAN and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and TUNHEIM,
District Judge.***

      Eric Johnson (Johnson) appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his 42

U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deficiencies in California’s parole revocation

procedures. Additionally, Johnson challenges the district court’s denial of relief

from Central District of California Local Rule 23-3, which required Johnson to file

a motion for class certification within ninety days.

1.    Because Johnson failed to argue his dismissed claims in the opening brief,

      those issues are waived. See Whitaker v. Garcetti, 486 F.3d 572, 582-83

      (9th Cir. 2007).

2.    Because Johnson’s claims were hypothetical, with no specific date or time

      for occurrence of the harm and because Johnson had no representative

      status, the district court did not err when it dismissed Johnson’s claims for

      lack of standing and ripeness. See Wolfson v. Brammer, 616 F.3d 1045,

      1058 (9th Cir. 2010).

        ***
             The Honorable John R. Tunheim, United States District Judge for the
District Court of Minnesota, sitting by designation.

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3.   “District courts have broad discretion to control the class certification

     process . . .” Vinole v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 571 F.3d 935, 942

     (9th Cir. 2009). The district court acted within its discretion when it denied

     relief based on a lack of compliance with Local Rule 23-3 and Rule 6(b) of

     the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See Fleischer Studios, Inc. v.

     A.V.E.L.A., Inc., 654 F.3d 958, 966 (9th Cir. 2011).

4.   Because Local Rule 23-3 requires a party to file a motion for class

     certification within ninety days of service of a pleading proposing a class

     action, Local Rule 23-3 is not inconsistent with Fed. R. Civ. P. 23, which

     applies to the district courts. See Local Civ. Rule 23-3; Fed. R. Civ. P.

     23(c)(1)(A); Vinole, 571 F.3d at 939.

5.   The district court’s findings and reasoning were permissibly based on the

     briefs. See Kashin v. Kent, 457 F.3d 1033, 1043 (9th Cir. 2006) (explaining

     that whether to hold an evidentiary hearing is within the discretion of the

     court).

     AFFIRMED.

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