Bray

MEMORANDUM **

Laurack D. Bray, an African American attorney, appeals pro se the district court’s *460 orders dismissing his defamation and false light claims pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) and the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the Ventura County Bar Association (“VCBA”) on his remaining claims. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Steckman v. Hart Brewing, Inc., 143 F.3d 1293 , 1295 (9th Cir.1998) (dismissal); Idaho v. Hodel, 814 F.2d 1288, 1292 (9th Cir. 1987) (summary judgment), and affirm.

The district court did not err by dismissing Bray’s defamation and false light claims because truth is a complete defense and Bray concedes, on the face of his complaint, that the statement published by the VCBA was truthful. See Gill v. Hughes, 227 Cal.App.3d 1299, 1309 , 278 Cal.Rptr. 306 (1991); see also Cort v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Cos., Inc., 311 F.3d 979 , 987 (9th Cir.2002) (stating that when an invasion of privacy claim rests on the same allegation as a defamation claim, the former cannot be maintained as a separate claim if the latter fails as a matter of law).

The district court properly granted summary judgment on…