Donnie Romone Twiggs v. ROBERT SANDOVAL, Police Officer, 8362;

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
DONNIE ROMONE TWIGGS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
ROBERT SANDOVAL, Police Officer,
# 8362; et al.,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 13-17638
D.C. No. 2:13-cv-00765-JAT-
MHB
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
James A. Teilborg, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted January 21, 2015**
Before: CANBY, GOULD, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Arizona state prisoner Donnie Romone Twiggs appeals pro se from the
district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging excessive
force and other claims in connection with his arrest. We have jurisdiction under 28
FILED
FEB 3 2015
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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U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Resnick
v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000). We affirm.
We affirm the district court’s dismissal of the action because Twiggs failed
to raise any argument in his opening brief concerning any claim alleged in the
operative complaint. See Smith v. Marsh, 194 F.3d 1045, 1052 (9th Cir. 1999)
(“[A]rguments not raised by a party in its opening brief are deemed waived.”).
We reject Twiggs’s arguments related to striking testimony because no
testimony was before the district court in this action.
All pending motions are denied.
AFFIRMED.
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