Raymond Galusha v. Margaret Dowling

MEMORANDUM

Raymond Galusha and Anne Waters appeal pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing their action alleging that defendants violated their due process rights, conspired to defraud them, and that defendant Dowling breached a contract with Waters. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo dismissals for lack of personal jurisdiction, CollegeSource, Inc. v. AcademyOne, Inc., 653 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir.2011), and we affirm.

The district court properly dismissed the claims against Romero for lack of personal jurisdiction because Galusha and Waters failed to establish that personal jurisdiction existed over her. See id. at 1073, 1076 (discussing requirement for a district court sitting in California to exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant and explaining that a court does not “assume the truth of allegations in a pleading which are contradicted by affidavit” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)).

The district court properly dismissed the claims against Huling for lack of personal jurisdiction because Galusha and Waters failed to establish that specific personal jurisdiction existed over her based on her actions…