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.; ORDER AND

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

RUBICON RESOURCES, LLC; WALES OPINION

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 Amended May 31, 2022

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

Order; Opinion by Judge Bade SUMMARY *

Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act

The panel filed (1) an order amending its opinion and denying on behalf of the court a petition for rehearing en banc; and (2) an amended opinion affirming the district court’s summary judgment in favor of defendants in an action brought under the civil remedy provision of the Trafficking…