Reusser

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KENNETH L. REUSSER; GERTRUDE 

REUSSER,

Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. No. 06-35850

WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.;

WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA,  D.C. No.

CV-06-00112-HA

Defendants-Appellees,

OPINION

and

GEORGIANNA K. NAKAMOTO; STEVEN

C. NAKAMOTO,

Defendants.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ancer L. Haggerty, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 6, 2007—Portland, Oregon

Filed May 8, 2008

Before: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Susan P. Graber, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain

5121 5124 REUSSER v. WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.

COUNSEL

Charles R. Markley, Greene & Markley, P.C., Portland, Ore- gon, argued the cause for the plaintiffs-appellants and filed briefs.

Thomas R. Johnson, Perkins Coie LLP, Portland, Oregon, argued the cause for the defendants-appellees and filed a brief; Amber A. Hollister, Perkins Coie LLP, Portland, Ore- gon, was on the brief.

OPINION

O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether alleged fraud in a state court home foreclosure proceeding during the…