Jeffrey Guinn v. Cdr Investments, LLC

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 5 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JEFFREY B. GUINN, No. 23-16220

Appellant, D.C. No. 2:19-cv-00649-CDS v.

CDR INVESTMENTS, LLC; CHARLES L. MEMORANDUM*

RUTHE IRA; FRANK E. GRANIERI,

Revocable Trust; CHARLES L. RUTHE

TRUST,

Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Cristina D. Silva, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted April 2, 2024** Pasadena, California

Before: R. NELSON, VANDYKE, and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges.

Appellant Jeffrey Guinn formerly owned and operated Aspen Financial

Services, LLC, which brokered and serviced “hard money” loans between individual

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). investors from his personal network and commercial real estate developers.

Beginning in 2000, the Ruthes, their…