Calabrese

Calabrese v. Winter

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285 F. App'x 419
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 10, 2008No. 06-55594California312 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Thomas G. Calabrese appeals pro se from the district court judgment dismissing on grounds of untimeliness his federal action alleging wrongful termination and disability discrimination by the Secretary of the Navy. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We affirm.

We do not consider Calabrese’s contention that his claims were subject to equitable tolling, because Calabrese waived that issue by not raising it in his pleadings or in his oppositions to defendant’s motions for summary judgment. *420 See Ramirez v. Galaza, 334 F.3d 850 , 859 n. 6 (9th Cir.2003) (“We have consistently held that a party may not raise new issues of fact on appeal after declining to present those facts before the trial court”).

Further, to the extent Calabrese raised his equitable tolling argument in a motion to reconsider that was filed more than ten days after entry of judgment, the district court lacked jurisdiction to consider it. See Miller v. Marriott Int’l, Inc., 300 F.3d 1061 , 1064 & n. 1 (9th Cir.2002) (explaining that a district court has no jurisdiction to rule on a motion to reconsider that is filed more than ten days after entry of judgment if a plaintiff has…

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