Merlin Hansen Dolores Hansen v. United States

ORDER

The memorandum disposition filed May 24, 1993, 993 F.2d 882 , is redesignated a per curiam opinion for publication.

OPINION

Merlin and Dolores Hansen appeal pro se the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the United States in the Hansens’ action to quiet title under 28 U.S.C. § 2410 . We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We affirm.

We review de novo a district court’s summary judgment. Hughes v. United States, 953 F.2d 531, 541 (9th Cir.1992). “We must determine, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, whether there are any genuine issues of material fact and whether the district court correctly applied the relevant substantive law.” Id. The party moving for summary judgment must show by “the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, ... that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c); see Hughes, 953 F.2d at 541 . Once the moving party meets its initial burden, the nonmoving party must go beyond the pleadings and, by its own affidavits or by the…