Rosa A. Camacho v. Nmi Settlement Fund

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BETTY JOHNSON, on behalf of No. 23-16074 herself and as a representative of a class of similarly situated persons, D.C. No. 1:09-cv-00023 Plaintiff,

and OPINION

ROSA A. CAMACHO, Retiree and Member of the Settlement Class,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

RALPH DLG. TORRES, Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,

Defendant,

and

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

SETTLEMENT FUND,

Defendant-Appellee. Appeal from the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands Frances Tydingco-Gatewood, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 7, 2024 Submission Vacated December 9, 2024 Resubmitted November 20, 2025 Honolulu, Hawaii

Filed November 20, 2025

Before: Mary H. Murguia, Chief Judge, and Susan P. Graber and Salvador Mendoza, Jr., Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Graber

SUMMARY*

Northern Mariana Islands Retirement Fund Act of 1988

The panel affirmed the district court’s order holding that Plaintiff Rosa A. Camacho, a retired Class II member of the Northern Mariana Islands Retirement Fund, was not entitled to…