ARIKA HAYES, AKA Swiss Barbie Bone v. Kanye West

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ARIKA HAYES, AKA Swiss Barbie Bone,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
KANYE WEST,
Defendant,
and
VIACOM INC., Erroneously Sued as
Viacom; et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
No. 13-55836
D.C. No. 2:12-cv-07974-GW-
MAN
MEMORANDUM *
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
George H. Wu, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted February 14, 2017**
Before: GOODWIN, FARRIS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
* 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).
FILED
FEB 27 2017
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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Arika Hayes appeals pro se from the district court’s order dismissing her
copyright infringement action. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We
review de novo a dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Hebbe
v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, 341 (9th Cir. 2010). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Hayes’ action because Hayes failed to
allege facts sufficient to show she was the owner of a valid copyright. See 17
U.S.C. § 411(a) (no action for infringement of the copyright shall be instituted
until “preregistration or registration of the copyright claim shall have been made in
accordance with this title”); L.A. Printex Indus., Inc. v. Aeropostale, Inc., 676 F.3d
841, 852 (9th Cir. 2012) (“Copyright registration is a precondition to filing a
copyright infringement action.”).
We lack jurisdiction to consider the district court’s order denying Hayes’
motions for reconsideration because Hayes failed to file a new or amended notice
of appeal from that order. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(4)(B)(ii); TAAG Linhas Aereas
de Angola v. Transamerica Airlines, Inc., 915 F.2d 1351, 1354 (9th Cir. 1990)
(concluding that “an appeal specifically from the ruling on the [Rule 60(b)] motion
must be taken if the issues raised in that motion are to be considered by the Court
of Appeals”).
We reject as without merit Hayes’ contention that the district judge was
biased.

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Hayes’ request filed on May 9, 2014, and her motion filed on January 4,
2017, are denied.
AFFIRMED.

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