Michael Sattari v. Washington Mutual

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION DEC 23 2011

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MICHAEL SATTARI, No. 10-17433

Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 2:09-cv-00768-KJD-PAL

v.

MEMORANDUM *

WASHINGTON MUTUAL, a Washington corporation,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Kent J. Dawson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submission Deferred August 10, 2011 Submitted December 23, 2011 San Francisco, California

Before: KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, O’SCANNLAIN and GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Sattari mistakenly referenced California statutes rather than Nevada statutes

throughout his complaint. Because Sattari was a pro se litigant when he wrote the

complaint, we construe it liberally to infer that he meant to reference Nevada law.

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

See Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 94 (2007) (per curiam) (“[A] pro se

complaint, however inartfully…