Waibel Ranches, LLC v. United States

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

JUL 12 2024

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WAIBEL RANCHES, LLC, an Oregon No. 22-35703 Limited Liability Company; WAIBEL PROPERTIES, LLC, an Oregon Limited D.C. No. 2:15-cv-02071-HL Liability Company,

Plaintiffs-Appellants, MEMORANDUM*

SOUTH FORK RANCH LLC,

Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Michael W. Mosman, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 21, 2024 Anchorage, Alaska

Before: BYBEE, FRIEDLAND, and MILLER, Circuit Judges.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Waibel Ranches and South Fork Ranch (“Plaintiffs-Appellants”) appeal the

dismissal of four Quiet Title Act (“QTA”) claims they brought against the United

States. The claims pertain to two government easements across private land: the

Teaters Road easement and the Big Summit Prairie easement. The district court

dismissed Claims 1, 5, and 6 under Federal…