Aaron Raiser v. City of Upland

MEMORANDUM

Aaron Raiser appeals pro se from the district court’s order denying his application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that Upland police officers violated his constitutional rights. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review for an abuse of discretion the denial of IFP. Tripati v. First Nat’l Bank & Trust, 821 F.2d 1368, 1369 (9th Cir.1987). We affirm.

Contrary to Raiser’s contention, the district court was not required to review de novo Raiser’s purported objections to the magistrate judge’s recommendation that his request to proceed IFP be denied. See Minetti v. Port of Seattle, 152 F.3d 1113, 1114 (9th Cir.1998) (per curiam) (a pro se litigant is not entitled to file written objections to a magistrates judge’s recommendation to deny an IFP request under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72). Moreover, it was reasonable under the circumstances for the district court to treat Raiser’s objections as a motion for reconsideration.

We do not consider whether the district court properly denied Raiser’s request for IFP because Raiser does not specifically and distinctly raise and argue that issue in his opening brief.…