Steinberg

MEMORANDUM *

Appellant Robert D. Steinberg, in his capacity as trustee for the bankruptcy estate of Beulah Snow, appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of Respondent Fairbanks Capital Corporation reversing the bankruptcy court’s summary judgment in favor of the trustee. The district court found that as of January 25, 2000, Beulah Snow’s son, Chris, held title to the property commonly known as 3715 55th Avenue, SW, Seattle, Washington 98116, thereby entitling Fairbanks Capital to the proceeds of the bankruptcy estate’s 2003 sale of the property. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . Reviewing de novo the district and bankruptcy courts’ decisions, In re Mantz, 343 F.3d 1207, 1211 (9th Cir.2003), we reverse and remand to the district court with instructions to remand to the bankruptcy court to reinstate its judgment for the trustee.

We agree with both the district and the bankruptcy courts that the language of the quitclaim deeds is unambiguous, so there is no need to look to extrinsic evidence to *611 determine who held title to the property as of January 25, 2000, when the last quitclaim deed was executed. [ER55, 61] This case ultimately turns upon the…