Thomas

MEMORANDUM **

Michael Thomas brought an action against the City of North Las Vegas, the North Las Vegas Police Officers’ Association and individual police officers, claiming violation of his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , malicious prosecution, intentional infliction of emotional distress, conspiracy, wrongful termination, violation of Title VII, wrongful termination as a whistle-blower, harassment based on nonmember-ship in a union and retaliatory discharge. The district court granted defendants’ motions for summary judgment. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we dismiss Thomas’ appeal.

Thomas’ brief consists primarily of conclusions with few citations to the record or to relevant legal authority, in contravention of Fed. R.App. P. 28(a)(9)(A) (noting that the argument in appellant’s brief must contain “appellant’s contentions and the reasons for them, with citations to the authorities and parts of the record on which the appellant relies.”). We therefore dismiss his appeal. See Cmty. Commerce Bank v. O’Brien (In re O’Brien), 312 F.3d 1135 (9th Cir.2002) (“[Fjailure to comply with Rule 28, by itself, is sufficient ground to justify dismissal of an…