Larry Grant v. City of Long Beach

DISCUSSION

“Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 28 and our corresponding Circuit Rules 28–1 to –4 clearly outline the mandatory components of a brief on appeal. These rules exist for good reason.” Sekiya v. Gates, 508 F.3d 1198, 1200 (9th Cir. 2007) (per curiam). To fairly consider cases on appeal, we require parties to present reliable and understandable support for their claims. See id. We have discretion to dismiss appeals because of deficiencies in the briefs. See N/S Corp. v. Liberty Mut. Ins., 127 F.3d 1145, 1146 (9th Cir. 1997). Here, Appellants filed an opening brief replete with misrepresentations and fabricated case law. For example, the brief states that Hydrick v. Hunter, 669 F.3d 937 (9th Cir. 2012), “examined a claim of false imprisonment brought by a parent whose child was unlawfully removed from the home by government officials.” Hydrick, however, discusses no such claim. The case instead concerns a conditions of

GRANT V. CITY OF LONG BEACH

confinement claim brought by a class of persons civilly committed under California’s Sexually Violent Predator Act. Id. The words “parent” and “child” appear nowhere in the opinion. Similarly, Appellants’…