Geoffrey Robert Lawson v. Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC;

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
GEOFFREY ROBERT LAWSON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
OCWEN LOAN SERVICING LLC; et al.,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 13-35345
D.C. No. 3:10-cv-05481-BHS
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Washington
Benjamin H. Settle, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted July 26, 2016**
Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Geoffrey Robert Lawson, a Washington state prisoner, appeals pro se from
the district court’s orders denying his Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motions in his action
alleging wrongful foreclosure and other federal and state law violations. We have
jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion, Sch.
FILED
AUG 04 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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Dist. No. 1J, Multnomah Cty., Or. v. ACandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1262 (9th Cir.
1993), and we affirm.
The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Lawson’s Rule
60(b) motions because Lawson failed to demonstrate any grounds for relief. See
id. at 1263 (grounds for reconsideration under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)); see also
Pioneer Inv. Servs. Co. v. Brunswick Assocs. Ltd. P’ship, 507 U.S. 380, 394-95
(1993); Briones v. Riviera Hotel & Casino, 116 F.3d 379, 381-82 (9th Cir. 1997).
We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued
in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised for the first time on
appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).
All pending motions and requests are denied.
AFFIRMED.
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