Rafael Moises Suarez v. Douglas Ducey

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RAFAEL MOISES SUAREZ,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
DOUGLAS DUCEY; STATE OF
ARIZONA; UNKNOWN PARTY, named as
John Doe #1 Etc.; DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS,
Defendants-Appellees.
No. 21-15537
D.C. No. 4:20-cv-00317-RCC
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Raner C. Collins, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted April 11, 2022**
Before: McKEOWN, CHRISTEN, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.
Rafael Moises Suarez appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment
dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging federal and state law violations
stemming from Suarez’s arrest and conviction in 1997. We have jurisdiction under
* 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
APR 19 2022
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6).
Hebbe v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, 341 (9th Cir. 2010). We affirm.
Because Suarez failed to allege facts that could establish an exception under
Ex Parte Young, the district court properly dismissed Suarez’s claims as barred by
the Eleventh Amendment. See Seven Up Pete Venture v. Schweitzer, 523 F.3d
948, 952-53 (9th Cir. 2008) (describing Eleventh Amendment immunity and the Ex
Parte Young exception); Snoeck v. Brussa, 153 F.3d 984, 986-87 (9th Cir. 1998)
(“[A] generalized duty to enforce state law or general supervisory power over the
persons responsible for enforcing the challenged provision will not subject an
official to suit.” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).
We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued
in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised for the first time on
appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).
AFFIRMED.

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