Usda

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUL 13 2015

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LARRY L. COX and RENEE M. COX, No. 13-15225

Plaintiffs - Appellees, D.C. No. 3:11-cv-00454-RCJ-

WGC

v.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF MEMORANDUM*

AGRICULTURE,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Robert Clive Jones, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted July 6, 2015** San Francisco, California

Before: TALLMAN, M. SMITH, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiffs-Appellees Larry and Renee Cox defaulted on a rural housing loan

granted by Defendant-Appellee U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”). When

USDA initiated foreclosure proceedings, the Coxes elected to participate in

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Nevada’s Foreclosure Mediation Program. The mediator found that USDA did…