Patton v. Transdev Services, Inc.

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: March 19, 2026
• Docket: 24-7021
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 19 2026 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

State of California, ex rel. CARNEY No. 24-7021 ANTHONY PATTON SR., D.C. No. 3:24-cv-03457-RS Plaintiff - Appellant,

and MEMORANDUM*

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

TRANSDEV SERVICES, INC., improperly captioned as Connex TCT LLC; TRANSDEV NORTH AMERICA, INC.,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Richard Seeborg, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted March 16, 2026**

* 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). Before: SILVERMAN, NGUYEN, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

Carney Anthony Patton, Sr. appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment

dismissing his qui tam action alleging violations of the California False Claims

Act. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of

discretion the district court’s case management decisions. Davidson v. O’Reilly

Auto Enters., LLC, 968 F.3d 955, 963 (9th Cir. 2020). We affirm.

Patton has not identified an abuse of discretion in the district court’s

scheduling order or its other case management decisions. See Davidson, 968 F.3d

at 963 (explaining that the district court’s case management decisions are reviewed

deferentially, and that “we must affirm unless the decision was illogical,

implausible, or without support in inferences that may be drawn from facts in the

record” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).

The district court did not abuse its discretion in declining to reopen or

reconsider the judgment because Patton failed to demonstrate any ground for relief.

See Weeks v. Bayer, 246 F.3d 1231, 1234, 1236 (9th Cir. 2001) (setting forth

standard of review and describing the highly unusual circumstances where

judgment is properly reopened); Sch. Dist. No 1J, Multnomah County, Or. v.

ACandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1262 (9th Cir. 1993) (setting forth standard of review

and grounds for reconsideration).

The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Patton’s request for

2 24-7021 appointment of counsel because Patton filed it after entry of judgment and failed to

demonstrate exceptional circumstances. See Palmer v. Valdez, 560 F.3d 965, 970

(9th Cir. 2009) (setting forth standard of review and “exceptional circumstances”

requirement).

Patton’s contention that he was deprived of due process is unsupported by

the record.

AFFIRMED.

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