MICHAEL MCLAUGHLIN V. DWAYNE DEAL, ET AL, No. 21-15998 (9th Cir. 2023)

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FEB 22 2023 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MICHAEL T. McLAUGHLIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U.S. COURT OF APPEALS No. 21-15998 D.C. No. 2:18-cv-01562-GMN-EJY MEMORANDUM* DWAYNE DEAL, OMD administrator; MONIQUE HUBBARD-PICKET, CCS III; GENTRY; NETHANJAH CHILDERS; JIM GIBBONS; HOWARD SKOLNIK; JAMES DG. COX; JAMES DZURENDA; NANCY FLORES; FRANK DREESEN; HOWELL, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Gloria M. Navarro, District Judge, Presiding Submitted February 14, 2023** Before: FERNANDEZ, FRIEDLAND, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges. Nevada state prisoner Michael T. McLaughlin appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging federal * 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). and state law claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion a district court’s dismissal on the basis of its local rules. Ghazali v. Moran, 46 F.3d 52, 53 (9th Cir. 1995). We affirm. The district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing McLaughlin’s action because McLaughlin failed to respond to defendants’ motion to dismiss, despite being warned that failure to do so would result in dismissal. See D. Nev. R. 7-2(d) (“The failure of an opposing party to file points and authorities in response to any motion, except a motion under Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 or a motion for attorney’s fees, constitutes a consent to the granting of the motion.”); Ghazali, 46 F.3d at 53-54 (discussing factors to be considered before dismissing a case for failure to follow local rules). AFFIRMED. 2 21-15998

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