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Lee v. Los Angeles Unified School District

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577 F. App'x 646
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 29, 201412-55892California194 words

Opinion

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Richard E. Lee appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his employment action. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review for an abuse of discretion a dismissal for failure to prosecute, Al-Torki v. Kaempen, 78 F.3d 1381, 1384 (9th Cir.1996), and we affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing Lee’s action -with prejudice for failure to prosecute in light of Lee’s failure to file pretrial documents and appear at the pretrial conference, even after the court previously granted Lee three continuances and warned him that his action would be dismissed with prejudice if he was not ready to go to trial. See id. at 1384-85 (discussing factors to guide the court’s decision whether to dismiss for failure to prosecute).

Because we affirm the district court’s dismissal for failure to prosecute, we do not consider Lee’s challenges to the district court’s interlocutory orders. See id. at 1386 (“[Ijnterlocutory orders, generally appealable after final judgment, are not appealable after a dismissal for failure to prosecute[.]”).

AFFIRMED.

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