Phillip Alexander v. Paul Brown Farmers Insurance Agency, LLC

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
PHILLIP ALEXANDER,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
PAUL BROWN FARMERS INSURANCE
AGENCY, LLC,
Defendant-Appellee.
No. 17-16741
D.C. No. 2:17-cv-01623-APG-PAL
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Nevada
Andrew P. Gordon, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted December 18, 2017**
Before: WALLACE, SILVERMAN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
The order to show cause (Docket Entry No. 2) is discharged.
Phillip Alexander appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment
dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction his action seeking damages
related to an automobile accident. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
* 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
DEC 26 2017
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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We review de novo, Naffe v. Frey, 789 F.3d 1030, 1035 (9th Cir. 2015), and we
affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Alexander’s action for lack of subject
matter jurisdiction because Alexander failed to allege facts sufficient to show that
there is complete diversity between the parties. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a); Naffe,
789 F.3d at 1039 (setting forth elements of diversity jurisdiction).
We reject as without merit Alexander’s contentions regarding default
judgment.
AFFIRMED.

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