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Gabriella KERTESZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bob FERGUSON, Attorney General of Washington State, Defendant-Appellee.
MEMORANDUM **
Gabriella Kertesz appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that Bob Ferguson, the Attorney General of Washington State, violated her civil rights in connection with a state law that concerns medical consent forms. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Colony Cove Props., LLC v. City of Carson, 640 F.3d 948, 955 (9th Cir. 2011). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Kertesz's action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because Kertesz failed to allege facts sufficient to demonstrate Article III standing. See Arakaki v. Lingle, 477 F.3d 1048, 1059 (9th Cir. 2007) (to establish standing, a plaintiff must allege that she “has suffered concrete injury, that there is a causal connection between [her] injury and the conduct complained of, and that the injury will likely be redressed by a favorable decision”); Smelt v. County of Orange, 447 F.3d 673, 682 (9th Cir. 2006) (“The burden of showing that there is standing rests on the shoulders of the party asserting it.”).
We reject as without merit Kertesz's contention, set forth in her supplemental filing, that the district court's dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction divested this court of jurisdiction over the appeal.
AFFIRMED.
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Docket No: No. 20-35573
Decided: July 01, 2021
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
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