CARMEN MORALES V. ANDREW SAUL, No. 19-16465 (9th Cir. 2020)

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FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUL 17 2020 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT CARMEN I. VALLANUEVA MORALES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U.S. COURT OF APPEALS No. 19-16465 D.C. No. 2:19-cv-02733-JAT MEMORANDUM* ANDREW M. SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona James A. Teilborg, District Judge, Presiding Submitted July 14, 2020** Before: CANBY, FRIEDLAND, and R. NELSON, Circuit Judges. Carmen I. Vallanueva Morales appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing her action challenging the Commissioner of Social Security’s denial of her application for disability insurance benefits under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 42 * 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). U.S.C. § 405(g). We affirm. In her opening brief, Vallanueva Morales failed to challenge the district court’s order dismissing her action for failure prosecute and failure to comply with court orders, and therefore Vallanueva Morales waived any such challenge. See Smith v. Marsh, 194 F.3d 1045, 1052 (9th Cir. 1999) (“[O]n appeal, arguments not raised by a party in its opening brief are deemed waived.”); Greenwood v. FAA, 28 F.3d 971, 977 (9th Cir. 1994) (“We review only issues which are argued specifically and distinctly in a party’s opening brief.”). AFFIRMED. 2 19-16465

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