Saddle Mountain Minerals, LLC v. City of Richland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 27 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SADDLE MOUNTAIN MINERALS, LLC, No. 23-35622

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 4:22-cv-05055-TOR

v.

MEMORANDUM*

CITY OF RICHLAND, a municipal corporation of the State of Washington,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Thomas O. Rice, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 19, 2024 Seattle, Washington

Before: McKEOWN, H.A. THOMAS, and DESAI, Circuit Judges.

Saddle Mountain Minerals, L.L.C. (“Saddle Mountain”) appeals the district

court’s grant of summary judgment for the City of Richland (“the City”) and its

exclusion of the expert testimony of Edward Greeno. We have jurisdiction under

U.S.C. § 1291. We review the district court’s summary judgment ruling de novo,

Lowry v. City of San Diego, 858 F.3d 1248, 1254 (9th Cir. 2017) (en banc), and its

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.…