Ashley McClendon v. Peter Bresler

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 28 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ASHLEY CHRISTINA MCCLENDON, No. 23-55378

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-07758-RGK-GJS v.

PETER BRESLER, as an Individual and as MEMORANDUM* the Trustee of the Bresler Trust,

Defendant-Appellant,

and

DOES, 1-10, inclusive,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 14, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: COLLINS, H.A. THOMAS, and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges.

Peter Bresler appeals the district court’s judgment in favor of plaintiff

Ashley McClendon following a bench trial on remand from our decision in

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. McClendon v. Bresler, No. 22-55068, 2022 WL 17958633 (9th Cir. Dec. 27, 2022)

(“McClendon I”). The district court held that Bresler violated the Fair Housing

Amendments Act (“FHAA”), 42 U.S.C. §…