ROY CONANT V. KATE BROWN, No. 17-35349 (9th Cir. 2018)

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FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUN 8 2018 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ROY B. CONANT, No. Plaintiff-Appellant, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS 17-35349 D.C. No. 3:16-cv-02290-HZ v. MEMORANDUM * KATE BROWN, Governor, State of Oregon; et al., Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Marco A. Hernandez, District Judge, Presiding Submitted June 6, 2018** Before: TROTT, SILVERMAN, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges Roy B. Conant appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing for lack of standing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action challenging various Oregon voting laws. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the district court’s standing determination, Nat’l Council of La Raza v. Cegavske, 800 * 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). F.3d 1032, 1039 (9th Cir. 2015), and we affirm. The district court properly dismissed Conant’s action for lack of standing because Conant failed to allege an injury in fact. See Rubin v. City of Santa Monica, 308 F.3d 1008, 1020 (9th Cir. 2002) (plaintiff’s challenges to state election laws “as a voter and a citizen” did not constitute an injury in fact). “To establish standing, . . . the injury must be more than a generalized grievance common to all members of the public.” Id.; see also Schlesinger v. Reservists Comm. to Stop the War, 418 U.S. 208, 216–27, 94 S.Ct. 2925, 41 L.Ed.2d 706 (1974). We do not consider on appeal any issues not raised before the district court. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009). AFFIRMED. 2 17-35349

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