Jou

MEMORANDUM **

Emerson M.F. Jou, M.D., appeals from the district court’s judgment dismissing his *378 claims for declaratory relief and injunctive relief to enjoin the individual defendants and others from serving on the Hawaii Judicial Selection Commission (“Commission”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, see Rattlesnake Coal v. U.S. EPA, 509 F.3d 1095, 1100 (9th Cir.2007), and we affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Jou’s claims for failure to meet the injury-in-fact requirement of Article III standing because, even assuming that all judges petition the Commission for reappointment, the likelihood of injury relies on the speculative assumption that (1) Jou’s future lawsuits will be assigned to judges who must petition for reappointment while the individual defendants serve on the Commission; or (2) future Commission members will have financial and/or fiduciary relationships with the insurance companies that Jou intends to sue. See Cole v. Oroville Union High Sch. Dist., 228 F.3d 1092 , 1100 (9th Cir.2000) (concluding that plaintiffs failed to meet the injury-in-fact requirement for their injunctive relief claim because the likelihood of…