N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT DR . B A RR

Y FR EEM AN, a

n individual , Pla i ntiff-Appe lla

nt, v. C OUNTY OF OR

A N GE, by a

nd through the Orange C o unty

She riff’ s De pa

rtm e nt a gove rnm e nt e ntity ; B YR O N M OLDO, c ourt-a ppointe d re c e ive r; M AR C FR IEDM AN, a

n individual; R

EB EC C A FR IEDM AN, a

n individual, De fe nda n ts-Appe lle e s. No. 14-56511 D.C . No. 8:14-c v-00107-JLS-AN M EM O R ANDUM *

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the C e ntra l Distric t of C a lifornia Jose phine L. Staton, Distric t Judge , Pre siding Subm itte d August 31, 2016 ** Pa sa de n a , C a l ifornia B e fore : SILVER

M A N, FISHER

and WATFORD, C irc uit Judge s. 

# FIL ED OCT 07 2016 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S . CO URT O F APPEALS

* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public ation a

n d is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d

by Ninth C irc uit R

ule 36-3. ** The pa

ne l una n im ously c onc l ude s this c a se is suita ble for de c ision without ora l a

rgum e nt. Se e Fe d. R . App. P. 34(a )(2).Dr. B arry Fre e m an a p p e a ls the distric t c ourt’ s dism issa l of his 42 U.S.C . § 1983 a nd ne glige n c e c la im s a ga inst a re c e i ve r a

ppointe d by

a C a lifornia

fam ily c ourt. 1 The distric t c ourt c onc lude d it la c ke d subje c t m atte r jurisdic tion unde r Barton v . Barbour , 104 U.S. 126, 131 (1881). We a ffirm . Fre e m an a

rgue s Barton a

pplie s only

to re c e ive rs a

ppointe d by fe de ra l c ourts, not sta te fam ily c ourts. This a

rgum e nt is both unsupporte d a nd unpe rsua sive . Barton itse lf c onc e rne d a re c e ive r a

ppointe d by

a Virginia sta te c ourt be ing sue d in the D istric t of C olum

bia . Se e Barton , 104 U.S. a t 126-27. Fre e m an’ s a

rgum e nt tha

t his fa ilure to obta in le ave to sue from the a ppointing sta

t e c ourt is not a jurisdic tiona l fa iling is like wise unpe rsua s ive . Barton he ld fe d e ra l c ourts a re without jurisdiction to e nte rta in suits aga inst re c e ive rs without perm ission from the a ppointing c o urt. Se e Barton , 104 U.S. a t 131-32, 136-37; Me d. De v . Int’l v . C al. De p’t of C orr. & Re h ab. , 585 F.3d 1211, 1216-17 (9th C ir. 2009). The re fore , the distric t c ourt prope rly tre ate d this fa ilure a s a jurisdic tiona l de fe c t. W e ne e d not de c ide whe the r the sta tutory e xc e ption to Barton se t

out in 28 U.S.C . § 959(a ) a

pplie s to re c e i ve rs a

ppointe d by

sta t e c ourts be c a

use Fre e m an ha s

1 The distric t c ourt a lso dismisse d Fre e m an’ s c la im s a ga inst the C ounty of Orange , M a

rc Frie dm an a

nd R e be c c a Frie dm an. Fre e m an did not c onte st those orde rs, howe ve r, and the y are not the subje c t of this a ppe a l . 2not sta

te d a c la im unde r that se c tion. All of Fre e m an’ s c la im s c onc e rn the va lidity of the re c e ive rship. Suc h a c ha lle nge is not the

ty pe of tra d itiona l torts c la im c ove re d unde r the § 959(a ) e xc e ption. Se e In reC r ow n Vantage

, Inc . , 421 F.3d 963, 972 (9th C ir. 2005); s e e also Me d. De v . Int’l , 585 F.3d a t 1218-19. Further, e ve n if Fre e m an’ s ne glige n c e c la im fe ll unde r § 959(a ), the re is no good re a son for the e xe rc i se of supple m e nta l jurisdic tion unde r 28 U.S.C . § 1367. Fina lly , the re c e ive r did not a c t ultra vire s. Unlike the re c e ive r in Le onard v . Vrooman , 383 F.2d 556, 560 (9th C ir. 1967), there c e i ve r in this c a se proc e e de d a c c ording to the

orde rs of the a

p pointing c ourt. Allowing Fre e m an to c ha lle nge those orde rs would go a g a inst thec e ntra l purpose of Barton , whic h is to pre ve nt one c ourt from

usurping the

powe rs of a

n othe r. Se e Barton , 104 U.S. a t 136. W e are w ithout jurisdiction to do so. AFFIRM E D . The unoppose d m otions of Appe lle e B yron Z. M oldo to ta ke judic ia l notic e of va rious sta te judic ia l proc e e d ings, file d M ay 29, 2015 a nd April 27, 2016, a

re G RANT E D .

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