Bianco
Bianco v. Rolle Newton & Co.
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Rolle Newton & Company (“Rolle Newton”) appeals an order by the district court granting summary judgment in favor of Pana-Tek, Inc. (“Pana-Tek”) and denying Rolle Newton’s cross motion for summary judgment. We review an order granting summary judgment de novo, Universal Health Servs., Inc. v. Thompson, 363 F.3d 1013 , 1019 (9th Cir.2004), and a finding-concerning joinder for abuse of discretion. Disabled Rights Action Comm. v. Las Vegas Events, Inc., 375 F.3d 861 , 879 (9th Cir.2004). We affirm.
We have jurisdiction over this appeal because Rolle Newton’s notice of appeal became effective after the district judge denied its motion for reconsideration. Fed. RApp. P. 4(a)(4)(B)®. Pana-Tek’s subsequently filed motion for an order supplementing the order on reconsideration did not affect this court’s jurisdiction. See id.
Any rights Rolle Newton may have claimed were extinguished upon Pana-Tek’s purchase of the properties at the Marshal’s sale. A judgment against the initial owners of White Arrow Ranch and Devil’s Corral was perfected and recorded prior to the conveyances at issue. Rolle Newton’s claim to ownership results from a post-judgment chain of conveyances and is…