Hawkins

MEMORANDUM **

Melvin Lovell Hawkins appeals pro se the district court’s judgment following a jury verdict for defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging illegal search and seizure, false arrest, and false imprisonment. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review for abuse of discretion the district court’s denial of a motion to amend the complaint, Solomon v. N. Am. Life & Cas. Ins. Co., 151 F.3d 1132, 1138 (9th Cir.1998), and we review de novo the district court’s rulings on motions for judgment as a matter of law, Costa v. Desert Place, Inc., 299 F.3d 838, 859 (9th Cir.2003) (en banc). We affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Hawkins’ motion to amend his complaint to add additional claims on the eve of trial after completion of discovery. See Solomon, 151 F.3d at 1139 .

The district court properly denied Hawkins’ motion for judgment as a matter of law because the evidence presented at trial could reasonably support a defense verdict. See Costa, 299 F.3d at 859 .

Hawkins waived any challenge to the district court’s judgment as to defendant Pollock because Hawkins’ counsel stipulated on the record that judgment as a matter…