RANDY WIGGINS V. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, No. 20-55994 (9th Cir. 2021)

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT RANDY WIGGINS, FILED SEP 20 2021 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS No. 20-55994 Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, D.C. No. 2:16-cv-08309-PSG-FFM MEMORANDUM* Defendant-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Philip S. Gutierrez, District Judge, Presiding Submitted September 14, 2021** Before: PAEZ, NGUYEN, and OWENS, Circuit Judges. Randy Wiggins appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1). Serra 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). ** v. Lappin, 600 F.3d 1191, 1195 (9th Cir. 2010). We affirm. The district court properly dismissed Wiggins’s action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because Wiggins failed to exhaust his administrative remedies prior to bringing suit. See 28 U.S.C. § 2675(a) (setting forth the FTCA’s administrative exhaustion requirement); McNeil v. United States, 508 U.S. 106, 113 (1993) (the FTCA bars a claimant from bringing suit in federal court unless the claimant has first exhausted administrative remedies). We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009). All pending motions are denied. AFFIRMED. 2 20-55994

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