PINSON v. UNKNOWN PARTY USP (2019)

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Jeremy Vaughn PINSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNKNOWN PARTY, named as USP Tucson Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

No. 18-17189

Decided: February 27, 2019

Before: FERNANDEZ, SILVERMAN, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

Jeremy Vaughn Pinson, Pro Se

MEMORANDUM **

Federal prisoner Jeremy Vaughan Pinson appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing her 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for failure to comply with the court's order to file an amended petition. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

In the opening brief, Pinson fails to address how the district court abused its discretion in dismissing her action for failure to comply with the court's order to file an amended petition. See Pagtalunan v. Galaza, 291 F.3d 639, 640 (9th Cir. 2002) (dismissal for failure to comply with a district court's order requiring submission of pleadings within specified time is reviewed for abuse of discretion). Accordingly, Pinson has waived her challenge to the dismissal order. See Smith v. Marsh, 194 F.3d 1045, 1052 (9th Cir. 1999) (“[O]n appeal, arguments not raised by a party in its opening brief are deemed waived.”).

AFFIRMED.

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