Doe

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 30 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOHN DOE, No. 23-271 Agency No. Securities and Petitioner, Exchange Commission v. MEMORANDUM*

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND

EXCHANGE COMMISSION,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Securities and Exchange Commission

Argued and Submitted May 12, 2025 San Francisco, California

Before: BEA and DE ALBA, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, District Judge.**

John Doe petitions for review of an order of the Securities and Exchange

Commission (“SEC”) denying his claim for a whistleblower award under Section

21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We have jurisdiction under 15 U.S.C.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Jeffrey Vincent Brown, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, sitting by designation. § 78u-6(f), and we deny the petition.

Because…