John E. Lemons v. Div of Child Support Data Gathering Unit;

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JOHN E. LEMONS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
DIV OF CHILD SUPPORT DATA
GATHERING UNIT; et al.,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 10-35839
D.C. No. 2:10-cv-01129-JCC
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Washington
John C. Coughenour, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted November 18, 2014**
Before: LEAVY, FISHER, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
John E. Lemons appeals pro se from the district court’s order dismissing his
action arising from a paternity dispute and resulting tax refund offset for failure to
pay child support. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de
FILED
DEC 03 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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novo. Carolina Cas. Ins. Co. v. Team Equip., Inc., 741 F.3d 1082, 1086 (9th Cir.
2014) (dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction); Barren v. Harrington, 152
F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir. 1998) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)). We
affirm.
The district court properly dismissed without prejudice Lemons’s action for
lack of subject matter jurisdiction because Lemons failed to allege any violation of
federal law or diversity of citizenship in his complaint. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331,
1332(a)(1); Provincial Gov’t of Marinduque v. Placer Dome, Inc., 582 F.3d 1083,
1086-87 (9th Cir. 2009) (discussing requirements for federal question jurisdiction
under § 1331); Kuntz v. Lamar Corp., 385 F.3d 1177, 1181-83 (9th Cir. 2004)
(addressing diversity of citizenship under § 1332).
To the extent that Lemons is seeking any relief in his October 21, 2013
motion other than reinstatement of this appeal, his motion is denied.
AFFIRMED.
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