Willis

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 28 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ERNEST C. ALDRIDGE, No. 23-3104 D.C. No. 3:23-cv-00379-MMD-EJY Plaintiff - Appellant,

and MEMORANDUM*

CLARENCE M. WILLIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE

ASSOCIATION, EIN #XX-XXXXXXX;

ALDRIDGE PITE, LLP, XX-XXXXXXX;

KRISTA J. NIELSON, Bar #10698; ANTHONY R. SASSI Esquire, Bar #12486; LAUREL I. HANDLEY, Bar #9576,

Defendants - Appellees.

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE No. 23-3120

ASSOCIATION,

D.C. No. 2:15-cv-02366-MMD-EJY Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

CLARENCE M. WILLIS,

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

ERNEST C. ALDRIDGE, CREATIVE

SOLUTIONS 4 U, LLC, JORGE M.

LUNA, IRENA DAMIANOVA, THOMAS

E. WILLIS, GERI L. MCKINNON,

Defendants.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Miranda M. Du, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted January 22,…