Victor Manuel Tagle v. Clark County;

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
VICTOR MANUEL TAGLE,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
CLARK COUNTY; et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
No. 16-15556
D.C. No. 2:15-cv-00881-JCM-PAL
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Nevada
James C. Mahan, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted February 14, 2017**
Before: GOODWIN, FARRIS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
Nevada state prisoner Victor Manuel Tagle appeals pro se from the district
court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought on behalf of his
minor children for alleged violations of their various constitutional rights. We
have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Johns v. County of
* 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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San Diego, 114 F.3d 874, 877 (9th Cir. 1997). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Tagle’s § 1983 action because “a
parent or guardian cannot bring an action on behalf of a minor child without
retaining a lawyer.” Id. at 877. Because Tagle lacked standing, the district court
properly determined that it lacked jurisdiction to hear Tagle’s “Motion to Request
Court’s/Case’s Records.” See Clapper v. Amnesty Int’l USA, 133 S. Ct. 1138,
1146 (2013) (standing is jurisdictional prerequisite).
We reject as unsupported by the record Tagle’s contentions that the district
court discriminated against him based on his financial status and was biased in
favor of defendants.
We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued
in the opening brief. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009)
(per curiam).
Tagle’s motions, filed on December 20, 2016, are denied.
AFFIRMED.

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