U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2011

Robert Winters v. Susan Hubbard

Robert Winters v. Susan Hubbard
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided May 3, 2011 · Rymer, Thomas, Paez
430 F. App'x 626

Robert Winters v. Susan Hubbard

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Robert Anthony Winters appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for failure to obey a court order. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion, Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260 (9th Cir. 1992), and we affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing Winters’s action after twice providing notice, an opportunity to amend, and a warning that failure to amend or provide notice of his desire to proceed with the claims that survived screening would lead to dismissal. See id. at 1261 (district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing for failure to obey a court order where litigation had lasted a year and a half and district court had provided plaintiff with opportunities to amend, instructions, and notice of potential dismissal for failure to obey the order); see also Edwards v. Marin Park, Inc., 356 F.3d 1058, 1065 (9th Cir. 2004) (plaintiffs failure to amend complaint or notify court of intent to stand on unamended complaint justifies dismissal under Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b)).

Winters’s remaining contentions are unpersuasive.

*627 Winters’s emergency motion, filed on July 8, 2010, is construed as a motion to supplement the opening brief and to supplement the record on appeal, and is denied.

AFFIRMED.

**

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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