White

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 4 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NICHOLAS PHIPPS WHITE, a California No. 23-4378 Resident, D.C. No. 2:22-cv-04557-GW-SK Plaintiff - Appellant,

v. MEMORANDUM*

ANYWHERE REAL ESTATE INC., parent company of West Coast Escrow Company a domestic corporation; BANK OF

AMERICA CORPORATION; FIDELITY

NATIONAL FINANCIAL,

INC.; MORGAN STANLEY SMITH

BARNEY LLC; MERRILL LYNCH,

named as Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated; DOES, 1-10 Inclusive,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California George H. Wu, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted March 26, 2025** Pasadena, California

* 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). Before: NGUYEN and MENDOZA, Circuit Judges, and…