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Cathy CLEMENS, debtor, Plaintiff — Appellant, v. Bette RASCO, Defendant — Appellee.
    No. 01-16664.
    D.C. No. CV-00-01868-RCB.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Argued and Submitted Oct. 8, 2002.
    Decided Nov. 14, 2002.
    Before KLEINFELD and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and REA, District Judge.
    
    
      
       The Honorable William J. Rea, Senior United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation.
    
   MEMORANDUM

The district court did not clearly err in determining that Cathy Clemens (“Clemens”) filed the bankruptcy action in her individual capacity, and not in her capacity as representative for the estate of Louise Raynesford or trustee of the Raynesford Trust. See Scott v. Boos, 215 F.3d 940, 943 (9th Cir.2000). The Voluntary Petition was signed by Clemens individually, and did not purport to be on behalf of the Raynesford Estate or Trust. Because the malpractice action against Rasco does not “relate to” Clemens’ bankruptcy action, the district court properly found that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the adversary proceeding. See Mann v. Alex. Dawson, Inc. (In re Mann), 907 F.2d 923, 926 n. 4 (9th Cir.1990).

AFFIRMED. 
      
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