Keo Ratha v. Phatthana Seafood Co., Ltd.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KEO RATHA; SEM KOSAL; SOPHEA No. 18-55041

BUN; YEM BAN; NOL NAKRY; PHAN

SOPHEA; SOK SANG, D.C. No. Plaintiffs-Appellants, 2:16-cv-04271-

JFW-AS

v.

PHATTHANA SEAFOOD CO., LTD.; OPINION

S.S. FROZEN FOOD CO., LTD.;

RUBICON RESOURCES, LLC; WALES

AND CO. UNIVERSE LTD.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California John F. Walter, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 13, 2019 Pasadena, California

Filed February 25, 2022

Before: Marsha S. Berzon, Ryan D. Nelson, and Bridget S. Bade, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bade SUMMARY *

Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act

The panel affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants in an action brought under the civil remedy provision of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1595, by Cambodian villagers who alleged that they were trafficked into Thailand and subjected to forced labor at seafood processing…