Kent Williams v. Alan Stewart ( 2020 )

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 9 2020
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
KENT GLEN WILLIAMS, No. 19-35936
Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 1:18-cv-00343-DCN
v.
MEMORANDUM*
ALAN STEWART, Clerk; et al.,
Defendants-Appellees,
and
CHIEFS OF PRISONS, From May 2016 to
Present,
Defendant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Idaho
David C. Nye, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted December 2, 2020**
Before: WALLACE, CLIFTON, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.
Idaho state prisoner Kent Glen Williams appeals pro se from the district
*
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).
court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging various
constitutional violations. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We
review for an abuse of discretion a district court’s dismissal under its local rules.
Ghazali v. Moran, 46 F.3d 52, 53 (9th Cir. 1995). We affirm.
The district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing Williams’s action
because Williams failed to comply with the 20-page limit for pro se prisoner
pleadings in civil rights cases as ordered by the district court and as set forth in
Idaho General Order No. 342. See id. at 53-54 (setting forth factors to be
considered before dismissing an action for failure to follow the local rules and
noting that pro se litigants are bound by the rules of procedure).
Williams’s request for reimbursement of his filing fee, set forth in the
opening brief, is denied.
AFFIRMED.
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