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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 21 2022 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DUANE RONALD BELANUS, No. 21-35838 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 6:21-cv-00024-SEH v. MEMORANDUM* STATE OF MONTANA; ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF MONTANA; LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Sam E. Haddon, District Judge, Presiding Submitted July 12, 2022** Before: SCHROEDER, R. NELSON, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges. Montana state prisoner Duane Ronald Belanus appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his action alleging various constitutional claims. We have jurisdiction under
28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a * 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). dismissal for failure to state a claim under
28 U.S.C. § 1915(A). Resnick v. Hayes,
213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000). We affirm. The district court properly dismissed Belanus’s claims because they are a “forbidden de facto appeal” of state court proceedings and raise issues that are “inextricably intertwined” with those proceedings. See Noel v. Hall,
341 F.3d 1148, 1158, 1163 (9th Cir. 2003) (discussing the Rooker-Feldman doctrine). We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief. See Padgett v. Wright,
587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009). AFFIRMED. 2 21-35838
Document Info
Docket Number: 21-35838
Filed Date: 7/21/2022
Precedential Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 7/21/2022