Burri Law Pa v. William Skurla

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BURRI LAW PA, a Florida No. 21-15271 professional association; DEAN ALLEN BURRI, a Florida resident, D.C. No. Plaintiffs-Appellants, 2:20-cv-01692-

DLR

v.

WILLIAM C. SKURLA, an individual; OPINION KURT RICHARD BURNETT, an individual; MILAN LACH, an individual; METROPOLITAN

ARCHDIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH,

BYZANTINE RITE, a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation; BYZANTINE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PARMA, an Ohio non-profit corporation; EPARCHY OF PASSAIC, a New Jersey non-profit corporation; UNKNOWN PARTIES, named as: ABC Entities 1– 10 and John and Jane Does 1–10, Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Douglas L. Rayes, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 7, 2021 Pasadena, California Filed June 3, 2022

Before: Marsha S. Berzon, Carlos T. Bea, and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Berzon

SUMMARY *

Personal Jurisdiction

The panel vacated the district court’s dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction of Dean Burri’s action against three bishops of the…