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N.A.A.C.P., LOS ANGELES BRANCH v. JONES

No. 96-56455.

131 F.3d 1317 (1997)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, LOS ANGELES BRANCH; Multi-cultural Collaborative; Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles; California Public Interest Research Group; Southern California Americans for Democratic Action; David E. Allen; Frank L. Berry; Hester M. Watkins; Talt Coldiron; Dolores C. Stephens; Isaac R. Elnecave; Denise M.M. Robb; Michael A. Feinstein; James E. Sturm; Allen Rubinstein; Arnold Arbiso; Charles L. Lindner, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bill JONES, Secretary of State of California; Conny B. McCormack, Registrar of Voters for Los Angeles County; Michael D. Antonovich; Yvonne Braithwaite Burke; Deane Dana; Gloria Molina; Zev Yaroslavsky, Members of the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County; Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 16, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abigail Turner and John C. Bonifaz, National Voting Rights Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas A. Blake, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, California, for the defendant-appellee Jones.

Halvor S. Melom, Principal Deputy County Counsel, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellees of Los Angeles County.

Before: HALL and T. G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and WINMILL, District Judge.

CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs appeal from the district court's 12(b)(6) dismissal of their complaint seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. This court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

This court reviews a motion to dismiss de novo. Stone v. Travelers Corp., 58 F.3d 434, 436-37 (9th Cir.1995).

Because plaintiffs allege no cognizable constitutional injury, we AFFIRM.

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