Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford University v. Chungyan Chan

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 13 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE No. 23-16077

LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR

UNIVERSITY, D.C. No. 5:13-cv-04383-BLF

Plaintiff-Appellee,

MEMORANDUM*

v.

CHUNGYAN CHAN, an Individual, AKA James Chan,

Defendant-Appellant,

v.

ACADEMIA HISTORICA,

Defendant-Appellee,

and

CHIANG FANG CHI-YI, an individual, AKA Elizabeth Chiang; et al.,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Beth Labson Freeman, District Judge, Presiding

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Submitted March 13, 2026**

Before: O’SCANNLAIN, SILVERMAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Chungyan Chan appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment in this

diversity interpleader action filed by Stanford University involving certain diaries,

papers, and other documents (collectively, “the Deposits”) pertaining to former

Presidents of…