Diego Rivera Valencia v. JOHN FOREST WEIS I, District Attorney of the State of California, County of Imperial…

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
DIEGO RIVERA VALENCIA,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
JOHN FOREST WEIS I, District Attorney
of the State of California, County of
Imperial Valley, individual; GILBERT G.
OTERO,
Defendants-Appellees.
No. 18-56310
D.C. No. 3:18-cv-01261-WQH-
NLS
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of California
William Q. Hayes, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted August 19, 2019**
Before: SCHROEDER, PAEZ, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Diego Rivera Valencia appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment
dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging federal and state law claims related
to his proceedings in a criminal case. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.
* 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
AUG 28 2019
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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2 18-56310
§ 1291. We affirm.
In his opening brief, Valencia fails to address the district court’s grounds for
dismissal. Therefore, Valencia has waived his challenge to the district court’s
dismissal order. See Greenwood v. FAA, 28 F.3d 971, 977 (9th Cir. 1994) (“We
will not manufacture arguments for an appellant, and a bare assertion does not
preserve a claim . . . .”).
AFFIRMED.

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