Mickey Fowler v. Tracy Guerin

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 26 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MICKEY FOWLER; LEISA MAURER, and No. 23-35414 a class of similarly situated individuals, D.C. No. 3:15-cv-05367-BHS Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v. MEMORANDUM*

TRACY GUERIN, Director of the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Benjamin H. Settle, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted November 22, 2024** Seattle, Washington

Before: GOULD, LEE, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

A certified class of Washington public school teachers (“Teachers”)

participating in the Teachers’ Retirement System (“TRS”) managed by the

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Director of the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems (“DRS”)

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