United States v. Jessie Cox

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

FEB 22 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 21-15066

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:15-cv-01743-MMD-NJK v.

JESSIE JAMES COX; et al., MEMORANDUM*

Defendants-Appellants,

and

400 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR

LESS, SITUATE IN LINCOLN

COUNTY, STATE OF NEVADA; et al.,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Miranda M. Du, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 9, 2022 Phoenix, Arizona

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Before: MURGUIA, Chief Judge, GRABER, Circuit Judge, and FITZWATER,** District Judge.

In this eminent domain action, Defendants, the Sheahan family, appeal the

district court’s order setting the just compensation value for Defendants’ property,

the Groom Mine, at $1,204,000. Defendants also appeal the district court’s

evidentiary rulings that excluded certain survey evidence and Defendants’

preferred…