Daniel Acedo v. County of San Diego;

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
DANIEL ACEDO,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO; et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
No. 20-55844
D.C. No. 3:17-cv-02592-JLS-JLB
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of California
Janis L. Sammartino, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted November 8, 2021**
Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and MILLER, Circuit Judges.
Former California state prisoner Daniel Acedo appeals pro se from the
district court’s judgment dismissing his mandamus action brought under 28 U.S.C.
§ 1361. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the
district court’s dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d
* 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). Acedo’s request for oral
argument, set forth in his reply brief, is denied.
FILED
NOV 19 2021
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction
Acedo’s mandamus claim because Acedo failed to allege facts sufficient to show
that he had exhausted his administrative remedies before filing suit. See 42 U.S.C.
§ 405(g), (h); Hironymous v. Bowen, 800 F.2d 888, 892-93 (9th Cir. 1986)
(exhaustion of administrative remedies before seeking mandamus relief against the
Social Security Administration is a jurisdictional requirement).
The district court properly dismissed Acedo’s remaining state law claims
because the district court lacked jurisdiction to adjudicate them once it had
dismissed Acedo’s federal claim for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. See
Herman Family Revocable Tr. v. Teddy Bear, 254 F.3d 802, 806-07 (9th Cir. 2001)
(if all federal claims are dismissed pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1) for lack of subject
matter jurisdiction, a district court lacks the authority to exercise supplemental
jurisdiction over remaining state law claims under 28 U.S.C. § 1367).
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).
Acedo’s motion to strike (Docket Entry No. 31) is denied.
AFFIRMED.

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