Robert Townsend v. National Arbitration Forum Inc

MEMORANDUM

Robert H. Townsend appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment in his action alleging federal and state law claims in connection with defendants’ arbitration and debt collection procedures. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction. King v. Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co., 632 F.3d 570, 573 (9th Cir.2011). We affirm.

The district court dismissed Townsend’s claims against six individual defendants for lack of personal jurisdiction and permitted the suit to continue against other defendants. The district court then dismissed various defendants and claims with prejudice under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim, and dismissed improperly joined defendants under Fed.R.Civ.P. 21. Townsend does not appeal the judgment as to the district court’s Rule 12(b)(6) and Rule 21 rulings. Townsend appeals the judgment only insofar as the district court dismissed certain individual defendants for lack of personal jurisdiction, and denied Townsend’s motion for reconsideration.

The district court properly dismissed defendants Frederick J. Hanna and Gerald E. Moore for lack of personal jurisdiction because…