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· 4/29/2011

ELLISON, ROBERT, PEOPLE v

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  • applying Zannino waiver to an argument for which appellant \neither cite[d] any precedent nor explain[ed] the lack of precedent\
  • affirming dismissal where plaintiff failed to “defend [a] claim in 24 response to [] motions to dismiss”
  • “[A]s a general rule, one cannot use a reply brief to develop an argument cursorily made in an opening brief.”
  • \[A]n argument raised for the first time in a reply brief comes too late to be preserved on appeal.\ (internal quotation and alteration omitted)
  • affirming dismissal without leave to amend of abandoned 27 claims
  • finding waiver in a similar situation

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