Kenneth Guice v. James Emerson

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Kenneth Guice v. James Emerson, 672 F. App'x 669 (9th Cir. 2016)
Wallace, Leavy, Fisher

Kenneth Guice v. James Emerson

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Kenneth W. Guice appeals the district court’s summary judgment in his diversity action alleging fraud related to a real estate transaction. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion evidentiary rulings made in the context of summary judgment. Fonseca v. Sysco Food Serv., Inc., 374 F.3d 840, 845 (9th Cir. 2004). We affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion in deciding defendants’ motion for *670 summary judgment without holding a hearing because Guice was provided a sufficient opportunity to oppose defendants’ motion and to raise any evidentiary objections in his opposition brief. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 78(b).

We do not consider Guice’s contentions that the district court erred in relying on both the affidavit filed in support of defendants’ motion for summary judgment and the attached exhibits because Guice waived these evidentiary arguments by raising them for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009) (we will not consider issues raised for the first time on appeal except to prevent manifest injustice); see also Davis v. HSBC Bank Nev., N.A., 691 F.3d 1152, 1161 (9th Cir. 2012) (failure to object to authenticity of document before district court waives issue on appeal); Pfingston v. Ronan Eng’g Co., 284 F.3d 999, 1003-04 (9th Cir. 2002) (to preserve hearsay objection a party “must either move to strike the affidavit or otherwise lodge an objection with the district court”).

Therefore, we affirm the judgment.

AFFIRMED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit' Rule 36-3.

Reference

Full Case Name
Kenneth W. GUICE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James L. EMERSON, a Natural Person; Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
Status
Unpublished