Court Opinion

ID: 7068001
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 07:28:57.934706+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:12:29.522638
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*21SUMMARY ORDER
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the judgment of the District Court be and it hereby is AFFIRMED.
Plaintiff-appellant Theodore F. Johnson (“Johnson”) filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985, alleging that the appellees violated his rights to equal protection and due process by denying, and conspiring to deny, applications he had filed for disability retirement benefits. The district court found that Johnson’s claims were barred by the statute of limitations and granted the appellees’ motions to dismiss pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). We find no error in the district court’s statute of limitations analysis and affirm. In his complaint, Johnson also alleged that he had been denied equal access to the courts, and, in his objection to the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, he raised several tort claims. Because Johnson provided no support for these claims, the district court properly dismissed Johnson’s complaint in its entirety. See Leeds v. Meltz, 85 F.3d 51, 53 (2d Cir.1996) (“bald assertions and conclusions of law” will not prevent the dismissal of a complaint pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6)). In addition, Johnson may not raise for the first time on appeal his claims that the appellees violated his First, Fourth, and Ninth Amendment rights. See Singleton v. Wullf, 428 U.S. 106, 120-21, 96 S.Ct. 2868, 49 L.Ed.2d 826 (1976).
The district court’s judgment is hereby affirmed.