Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-07-05 18:01:46.76588+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                          JUL 5 2023
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ROBERT JAMES STEWART,                           No.    22-35751

                Plaintiff-Appellant,            D.C. No. 2:22-cv-00185-ACE

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner
of Social Security,

                Defendant-Appellee.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Eastern District of Washington
                Alexander C. Ekstrom, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

                             Submitted June 26, 2023**

Before:      CANBY, S.R. THOMAS, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

      Robert James Stewart appeals pro se from the district court’s order

dismissing without prejudice his action alleging unlawful denial of benefits under

the Social Security Act. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review

      *
             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).
de novo a dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). Watison v. Carter, 668 F.3d

1108, 1112 (9th Cir. 2012). We affirm.

      The district court properly dismissed Stewart’s action because Stewart failed

to allege facts sufficient to establish exhaustion of administrative requirements or

to state a plausible claim against the Commissioner of Social Security. See

42 § U.S.C. 405(g); Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (to avoid

dismissal, “a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to

state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face” (citation and internal quotation

marks omitted)).

      All pending motions are denied.

      AFFIRMED.

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