LEVI v. STRONG (2020)

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Timothy J. LEVI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Danny STRONG, an individual; et al., Defendants-Appellees.

No. 19-55619

Decided: July 22, 2020

Before: CANBY, FRIEDLAND, and R. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Timothy J. Levi, Pro Se Robert H. Rotstein, Elaine K. Kim, Attorney, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees

MEMORANDUM **

Timothy J. Levi appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his copyright action alleging that defendants’ television show Empire infringes on his copyright in his manuscript Unity Incorporated: The Mastermind. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm.

Levi fails to challenge the district court's bases for dismissal, and he has therefore waived any such challenge. See Indep. Towers of Wash. v. Washington, 350 F.3d 925, 929 (9th Cir. 2003) (“[W]e will not consider any claims that were not actually argued in appellant's opening brief.”); Greenwood v. FAA, 28 F.3d 971, 977 (9th Cir. 1994) (“We will not manufacture arguments for an appellant[.]”).

We reject as unsupported by the record Levi's contentions that another federal court had already determined that Levi had proven his copyright claim and that the district court prevented him from attending a hearing on his motion for a preliminary injunction.

AFFIRMED.

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