Produce Pay, Inc. v. Izguerra Produce, Inc.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PRODUCE PAY, INC., No. 20-56181 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:19-cv-10165-

CBM-GJS

IZGUERRA PRODUCE, INC.; SERGIO B.

FIERRO; CARLOS F. FIERRO; MARIA

T. FIERRO; DOES, 1 through 10, OPINION

inclusive, Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Consuelo B. Marshall, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 7, 2021 Pasadena, California

Filed July 8, 2022

Before: Paul J. Kelly, Jr., * Milan D. Smith, Jr., and Danielle J. Forrest, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Kelly; Dissent by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr.

* The Honorable Paul J. Kelly, Jr., United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act

The panel reversed the district court’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) dismissal of an action brought by Produce Pay, Inc., against Izguerra Produce, Inc., under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act and remanded for further…