Plaintiff appeals from district court orders granting defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint and denying plaintiffs motion to reconsider the dismissal. 1 Reviewing the dismissal of the complaint de *320 novo in light of the record and the submissions on appeal, we see no error. Plaintiffs complaint was properly dismissed for failure to state any cognizable claim. There was no abuse of discretion in the denial of plaintiffs motion for reconsideration.

While plaintiff attempts to assert new claims and to present additional documents, because these matters were not brought to the attention of the district court, they cannot be considered on appeal. Evangelista v. Secretary of Health & Human Servs., 826 F.2d 136, 144 (1st Cir. 1987). To the extent plaintiff argues that he should be permitted to amend the complaint, he did not file a motion to amend the complaint in the district court, and, in any event, has offered no reason to believe that an amendment might cure the defects in the complaint. Plaintiffs allegation of judicial bias also was not raised in the district court and is meritless in any event.

Affirmed. See 1st Cir. R. 27(c).