Keo Ratha v. Rubicon Resources, LLC

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KEO RATHA; SEM KOSAL; No. 23-55299

SOPHEA BUN; YEM BAN; NOL

NAKRY; PHAN SOPHEA; SOK D.C. No. SANG, 2:16-cv-04271-

JFW-AS

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v. OPINION

RUBICON RESOURCES, LLC,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California John F. Walter, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 27, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed July 31, 2024

Before: Susan P. Graber, Sandra S. Ikuta, and Danielle J. Forrest, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Ikuta; Dissent by Judge Graber RATHA V. RUBICON RESOURCES, LLC

SUMMARY *

Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act

The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of plaintiffs’ motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) for relief from judgment in an action under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). In granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Rubicon Resources, LLC, a United States company, the district court held that…