Keyter
Keyter v. Locke
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM ***
Anthony P. Keyter appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his action against 230 defendants, including officials of the City of Tacoma and the United States, alleging that they failed to prosecute his ex-wife, her lawyer, and the judge involved in his state court dissolution proceeding. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Rivera v. United States, 924 F.2d 948, 950 (9th Cir.1991). We affirm
In this action, Keyter alleges that defendants failed to stop his ex-wife, her lawyer, and the state court judge from stealing his assets. The district court properly dismissed Keyter’s action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because Keyter’s conclusory claims of criminal acts committed during the dissolution of his marriage rest on no provision of the Constitution, the laws, or treaties of the United States. See 28 U.S.C. § 1331 ; Republican Party of Guam v. Gutierrez 277 F.3d 1086, 1088-89 (9th Cir.2002).
The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Keyter’s motion to disqualify the presiding judge in his case because Keyter failed fo file an affidavit in…