Tamir

Tamir v. Virgin Atlantic Airlines

Good Law
205 F. App'x 607
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 14, 2006No. 05-55856California248 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Uri Tamir appeals pro se from the district court’s order granting Virgin Atlantic Airlines’ motion for partial summary judgment and limiting Tamir’s recovery for his lost luggage pursuant to the Warsaw Convention. Because the district court subsequently entered judgment against defendant, we have jurisdiction. See, e.g., Anderson v. Allstate Ins. Co., 630 F.2d 677, 680-81 (9th Cir.1980) (exercising appellate jurisdiction over orders that were not final when entered, where remaining claims were later disposed of, and noting that “subsequent events can validate a prematurely filed appeal”). We review de novo, see Rodriguez v. Ansett Australia Ltd., 383 F.3d 914, 916 (9th Cir.2004), and we affirm.

We agree with defendant that Tamir has waived any issue on appeal by failing to make any legal arguments in his opening brief. See Ind. Towers of Washington v. Washington, 350 F.3d 925 , 929 (9th Cir.2003) (“we will not consider any claims that were not actually argued in appellant’s opening brief’). Moreover, we find no error in the district court’s determination that Tamir failed to raise a genuine issue of fact regarding his contention that defendant’s liability for…

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