Ussec

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 22 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

HODL LAW, PLLC, No. 23-55810

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:22-cv-01832-L-JLB v.

U.S. SECURITIES & EXCHANGE MEMORANDUM*

COMMISSION,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California M. James Lorenz, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 18, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: WARDLAW, PAEZ, and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges.

Hodl Law, PLLC (“Hodl Law”) appeals the district court’s order granting

the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) motion to dismiss for lack of

subject matter jurisdiction. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we

affirm.

1. The district court correctly concluded that we lack subject matter

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. jurisdiction because Hodl Law failed to allege a “case or controversy” within the

meaning of Article III,…