
    Melvin DINKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.
    No. 00-16656.
    D.C. No. CIV-00-05825-AWI.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Dec. 17, 2001.
    
    Decided Dec. 27, 2001.
    
      Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, TROTT and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Melvin Dinkins appeals pro se the district court’s dismissal without prejudice of his action for failing to comply with Fed. R.Civ.P. 8(a). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for abuse of discretion dismissals for failure to comply with an order requiring amendment of a complaint, McHenry v. Renne, 84 F.3d 1172, 1177 (9th Cir.1996), and we affirm.

Dismissal was proper because Dinkins’ amended complaint cited two criminal statutes as the only basis for federal jurisdiction and otherwise failed to comply with the district court’s previous order requiring amendment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 8. See McHenry, 84 F.3d at 1178-79. The district court, therefore, did not abuse its discretion. See Yourish v. Cal. Amplifier, 191 F.3d 983, 990 (9th Cir.1999).

AFFIRMED. 
      
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