Joseph Padgett v. A. Wright

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

OCT 14 2021

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSEPH PADGETT, No. 19-17268

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 5:04-cv-03946-EJD

v.

MEMORANDUM*

BUSTAMANTE & GAGLIASSO, P.C.,

Movant-Appellee,

A. CURTIS WRIGHT,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Edward J. Davila, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 23, 2021 Pasadena, California

Before: SCHROEDER and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and DRAIN,** District Judge.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Gershwin A. Drain, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, sitting by designation. Joseph Padgett appeals the district court’s order following this panel’s

remand in Padgett v. City of Monte Sereno, 722 F. App’x 608 (9th Cir. 2018). Our

mandate instructed the district court to determine whether contractual provisions or

an attorney lien authorized the order…