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Earline PATTERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GOLDEN FEATHERS REALTY SERVICES, INC.; New Horizons Realty; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Defendants—Appellees.
    No. 01-55317. D.C. No. CV-00-07439-GAF.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Argued and Submitted March 4, 2002.
    Decided March 7, 2002.
    Before BROWNING, THOMAS and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
   MEMORANDUM

To prevail on a breach of contract claim there must first be a valid contract. Careau & Co. v. Sec. Pac. Bus. Credit, Inc., 222 Cal.App.3d 1371, 1388, 272 Cal.Rptr. 387 (Cal.Ct.App.1990). Appellant argues that her bid proposal for real property offered at a HUD auction constitutes a contract. Under California law, contracts for the purchase of real property must be in writing and signed by the party to be bound. Cal. Civ.Code § 1624(a)(3). The alleged contract is not signed by HUD or any other party to be bound. Since there is no contract, there can be no breach.

AFFIRMED. 
      
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