Dema
Dema v. City of Mesa
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Victor 0. Dema appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that defendants violated his civil rights and various state laws. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, and we may affirm on any ground supported by the record. Ove v. Gwinn, 264 F.3d 817, 821 (9th Cir.2001). We affirm.
We do not consider Dema’s challenge to the dismissal of his federal claims against Mesa arising from the November 2003 incident because Dema did not present any argument to support his contention that the district court erred by dismissing these claims under Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 , 114 S.Ct. 2364 , 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994). See Greenwood v. F.A.A., 28 F.3d 971, 977 (9th Cir.1994) (“We will not manufacture arguments for an appellant, and a bare assertion does not preserve a claim, particularly when, as here, a host of other issues are presented for review.”); Wilcox v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 848 F.2d 1007 , 1008 n. 2 (9th Cir.1988) (explaining that arguments not raised on appeal by a pro se litigant are deemed abandoned).