Velasquez
Velasquez v. California
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Rodolfo Velasquez appeals pro se the district court’s dismissal of his civil rights action challenging the constitutionality of California’s vexatious litigant statute, Cal. Civ.Proc.Code § 391, et seq., and denial of his motion for reconsideration. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review for an abuse of discretion a district court’s dismissal for failure to comply with local rules, Ghazali v. Moran, 46 F.3d 52, 53 (9th Cir.1995), and we affirm.
The district court did not abuse its discretion by granting defendants’ Fed.R.CivP. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss because Velasquez failed to oppose the motion. See N.D. Cal. Civ. Local R. 7-3(a) (“Any opposition to a motion must be served and filed not less than 21 days before the hearing date.”). In addition, the district court granted Velasquez an extension of time in which to file an opposition and specifically warned him that failure to do so would constitute consent to the granting of the motion. See Jacobsen v. Filler, 790 F.2d 1362, 1364-65 (9th Cir.1986) (pro se litigants in the ordinary civil case are not excused from compliance with procedural rules).