Barinaga

Barinaga v. Cox

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321 F. App'x 664
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 7, 2009No. 07-35140California323 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Marvin Cox appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment denying his motion to vacate an arbitration award entered against him by the National Association of Securities Dealers. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s legal conclusions, Coutee v. Barington Capital Group, L.P., 336 F.3d 1128, 1132 (9th Cir.2003), and we affirm.

The district court properly concluded that the arbitrators’ decision to deny Cox’s requests for a postponement of the arbitration hearing did not warrant vacatur of the arbitration award. See Sheet Metal Workers Int’l Ass’n Local # 420 v. Kinney Air Conditioning Co., 756 F.2d 742, 746 (9th Cir.1985); see also Kyocera Corp. v. Prudential-Bache Trade Servs., Inc., 341 F.3d 987 , 998 (9th Cir.2003) (en banc) (explaining that federal courts have “extremely limited review authority” over arbitration decisions). Cox has not assigned any other error to the district court’s decision to deny the motion to vacate. See Cook v. Schriro, 538 F.3d 1000 , 1014 n. 5 (9th Cir.2008) (explaining that issues not raised on appeal are deemed abandoned).

The district court did not abuse its discretion by resolving Cox’s motion…

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