Ljubo Skrbic v. City of West Palm Beach

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
LJUBO SKRBIC,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH,
Defendant-Appellee.
No. 23-35591
D.C. No. 2:23-cv-00934-RSM
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Washington
Ricardo S. Martinez, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted February 21, 2024**
Before: FERNANDEZ, NGUYEN, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.
Ljubo Skrbic appeals pro se from the district court’s order dismissing for
improper venue his action alleging various claims related to a property and state
court proceedings in Florida. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We
review de novo. Immigrant Assistance Project of the L.A. County Fed’n of Lab.
* 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 28 2024
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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2 23-35591
(AFL-CIO) v. INS, 306 F.3d 842, 868 (9th Cir. 2002). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Skrbic’s action for improper venue
because Skrbic failed to establish that defendant resides in the Western District of
Washington or that a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to his
claims occurred there. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b)(1), (2) (describing where a civil
action may be brought); see also 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) (“A district court of a district
in which is filed a case laying venue in the wrong division or district shall dismiss,
or if it be in the interest of justice, transfer such case to any district or division in
which it could have been brought.”).
All pending motions are denied.
AFFIRMED.

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