Johnny Howze v. Access Securepak

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: April 23, 2019
• Docket: 18-56330
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 23 2019 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOHNNY LEE HOWZE, No. 18-56330

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:16-cv-00474-TJH-E

v. MEMORANDUM* ACCESS SECUREPAK, a Missouri corporation; ERIKA FRAZIER, Owner of said corporation,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Terry J. Hatter, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted April 17, 2019**

Before: McKEOWN, BYBEE, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

California state prisoner Johnny Lee Howze appeals pro se from the district

court’s judgment dismissing his action alleging a claim under the federal

Magnusson–Moss Warranty Act and state law claims. We have jurisdiction under

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Lukovsky v. City & County of San

Francisco, 535 F.3d 1044, 1047 (9th Cir. 2008) (dismissal on the basis of the

statute of limitations); Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir. 1998)

(order) (dismissal under § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii)). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Howze’s action because Howze’s

claims are time-barred. See Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 338(d) (three-year statute of

limitations for fraud claim); Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17208 (four-year statute of

limitations for unfair business practices claim); Mexia v. Rinker Boat Co., Inc., 95

Cal. Rptr. 3d 285, 292 (Ct. App. 2009) (four-year statute of limitations for breach

of warranty claim under California’s Song-Beverly Act); see also Hooper v.

Lockheed Martin Corp., 688 F.3d 1037, 1044-45 (9th Cir. 2012) (when a federal

statute contains no express limitations period, the court applies the most closely

analogous state limitations period).

We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued

in the opening brief. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).

AFFIRMED.

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