Securities & Exchange Commission v. American Capital Investments, Inc.

MEMORANDUM **

Cruz Barragan and Robert Barragan appeal from the district court’s order which found that they were not investors in American Capital Investments, Inc., and, accordingly, were not eligible to obtain distributions from the ACI receivership estate. We dismiss.

The Barragans have egregiously failed to follow the rules for briefing a case on appeal. They have not set forth the basis of the district court’s jurisdiction. See Fed. R.App. P. 28(a)(4)(A). Nor have they properly set forth the basis of our jurisdiction. 1 See id. at (a)(4)(B). Nor have they presented a statement of issues. See id. at (a)(5). Nor have they set forth a summary of the argument. See id. at (a)(8). 2 Perhaps all of that could be overlooked, but they have also failed to present a reasoned exposition of their contentions, that is, an appellate argument. See id. at (a)(9)(A). They satisfy themselves with a list of citations and a few conclusory allegations. In short, they have essentially tossed the case in our laps and left it to us to look up the facts and the law. We decline to do so. Rather, we strike their briefs and dismiss their appeal. See Han v. Stanford Univ., 210 F.3d 1038 , 1040 (9th…