Shizue S. White v. Aurora Loan Servicing Llc, a Colorado Limited Liability Company;

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
SHIZUE S. WHITE,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
AURORA LOAN SERVICING LLC, a
Colorado Limited Liability Company; et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
No. 17-15096
D.C. No. 2:16-cv-03251-DGC
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
David G. Campbell, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted November 15, 2017**
Before: CANBY, TROTT, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Shizue S. White appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing
her action alleging federal and state law claims arising from foreclosure
proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo
the denial of a motion to remand, Or. Bureau of Labor v. U.S. W. Commc’ns, Inc.,
* 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).
FILED
NOV 20 2017
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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288 F.3d 414, 417 (9th Cir. 2002), and we affirm.
The district court properly denied White’s motion to remand to state court
because White failed to establish the requirements for abstention under Burford v.
Sun Oil Co., 319 U.S. 315 (1943). See Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. v. Quackenbush,
87 F.3d 290, 294, 296 (9th Cir. 1996) (setting forth requirements for Burford
abstention and standard of review for whether abstention requirements have been
met).
In her opening brief, White fails to challenge the district court’s dismissal of
her action, and thus she has waived any such challenge. See Smith v. Marsh, 194
F.3d 1045, 1052 (9th Cir. 1999) (“[O]n appeal, arguments not raised by a party in
its opening brief are deemed waived.”); see also Greenwood v. FAA, 28 F.3d 971,
977 (9th Cir. 1994) (“We will not manufacture arguments for an appellant, and a
bare assertion does not preserve a claim . . . .”).
AFFIRMED.

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