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Childs v. Boyd Gaming Corp.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Jul 17, 2020
No. 19-15423 (9th Cir. Jul. 17, 2020)

Opinion

No. 19-15423

07-17-2020

DONALD RICHARD CHILDS II, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOYD GAMING CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

D.C. No. 2:18-cv-00316-KJD-VCF MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
Kent J. Dawson, District Judge, Presiding Before: CANBY, FRIEDLAND, and R. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Donald Richard Childs II appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1981 action alleging racial discrimination. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion a district court's dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260 (9th Cir. 1992). We affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing Childs's action with prejudice because Childs failed to comply with the district court's order to file an amended complaint, and failed to oppose defendant's motion to dismiss under Rule 41(b). See id. at 1260-63 (setting forth factors for determining whether a pro se action should be dismissed under Rule 41(b) and requiring "a definite and firm conviction" that the district court "committed a clear error of judgment" in order to overturn such a dismissal (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).

The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Childs's Rule 60(b)(6) motion because Childs failed to demonstrate any basis for relief. See Latshaw v. Trainer Wortham & Co., Inc., 452 F.3d 1097, 1100, 1102-03 (9th Cir. 2006) (setting forth standard of review, discussing required showing for Rule 60(b)(6) relief, and explaining that relief may be granted "only where extraordinary circumstances" are present (citations and internal quotation marks omitted)).

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Childs v. Boyd Gaming Corp.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Jul 17, 2020
No. 19-15423 (9th Cir. Jul. 17, 2020)
Case details for

Childs v. Boyd Gaming Corp.

Case Details

Full title:DONALD RICHARD CHILDS II, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOYD GAMING CORPORATION…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Jul 17, 2020

Citations

No. 19-15423 (9th Cir. Jul. 17, 2020)