Does a dismissal of a complaint without prejudice constitute a final order?
The following excerpt is from Vanessa Simmonds v. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, D.C. No. 2:07-cv- 01549-JLR, D.C. No. 2:07-cv-01566-JLR, D.C. No. 2:07-cv-01567-JLR, D.C. No. 2:07-cv-01568-JLR, D.C. No. 2:07-cv-01569-JLR, D.C. No. 2:07-cv-01570-JLR, D.C. No. 2:07-cv-01571-JLR, D.C. No. 2:07-cv-01576-JLR, D.C. No. 2:07-cv-01577-JLR, D.C. No. 2:07-cv-01578-JLR, D.C. No.2:07-cv-01590-JLR, D.C. No. 2:07-cv-01593-JLR, No. 09-35262, No. 09-35280, No. 09-35282, No. 09-35285, No. 09-35286, No. 09-35288, No. 09-35289, No. 09-35290, No. 09-35292, No. 09-35293, No. 09-35297, No. 09-35300, No. 09-35301 (9th Cir. 2010):
Ordinarily, "[a] dismissal of a complaint without prejudice is not a final order." Martinez v. Gomez, 137 F.3d 1124, 1125 (9th Cir. 1998). However, the district court's orders in these cases are final and appealable because "leave to amend was not specifically allowed and [Simmonds] cannot amend [her] complaint to defeat the statute of limitations bar" as construed by the district court. Id. at 1125-26. Accordingly, we have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1291.
We review the district court's dismissal for failure to comply with the demand requirement for abuse of discretion. Potter v. Hughes, 546 F.3d 1051, 1056, 1058 (9th Cir. 2008).6We review the district court's dismissal on statute of limita-
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