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PRINGLE v. CARDALL (2021)

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.2021-02-23No. No. 19-16914

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Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Pamela Denise Pringle appeals pro se from the district courts order dismissing certain defendants in her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging various constitutional violations. Because the district court certified its interlocutory order pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b), we have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction. CollegeSource, Inc. v. AcademyOne, Inc., 653 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir. 2011). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Pringles claims against defendants Sandy Jones, Amanda Gentry, Noel Barlow-Hust, Judy Mesick, Cindy McDonald, Mark Kubinski, and Elisa Magnuson for lack of personal jurisdiction because Pringle failed to allege facts sufficient to establish that these defendants had sufficient minimum contacts with California to provide the court with specific personal jurisdiction over these defendants. See id. at 1076-77 (discussing requirements for specific personal jurisdiction); see also Morrill v. Scott Fin. Corp., 873 F.3d 1136, 1146 (9th Cir. 2017) (personal jurisdiction is improper if “the forum state was only implicated by the happenstance of [plaintiffs] residence”).

Pringles motion for judicial notice (Docket Entry No. 26) is denied.

Pringles motion for an expedited ruling (Docket Entry No. 41) is denied as moot.

Defendants’ request for appellate attorneys fees and costs, set forth in the answering brief, is denied without prejudice. See Fed. R. App. P. 38 (requiring a separate motion for fees and costs); Winterrowd v. Am. Gen. Annuity Ins. Co., 556 F.3d 815, 828 (9th Cir. 2009) (a request made in an appellate brief does not satisfy Rule 38).

AFFIRMED.