Grant v. Kaiser Permanente Medical Center

999 F.2d 543 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. William Paul GRANT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER; U.C.D. Medical Center; U.C.D. Primary Care Center; U.S. Veterans Administration; Thrifty Drug and Discount Store; Longs Drugs; Payless Drug Stores, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-15171. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 6, 1993. * Decided July 13, 1993. Before TANG, POOLE, and NORRIS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 William P. Grant appeals pro se the district court's sua sponte dismissal of his action without prejudice pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(h)(3) for failure to allege a basis for federal jurisdiction, as required by Fed.R.Civ.P. 8(a)(1). 1 We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a dismissal of a complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b). Kruso v. International Tel. & Tel. Corp., 872 F.2d 1416 , 1421 (9th Cir.1989), cert. denied, 496 U.S. 937 (1990). We affirm. 3 Federal…