Case Name: Dorothy DURBIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-04-11
Citations: 647 F. App'x 825
Docket Number: No. 14-56450
Parties: Dorothy DURBIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: TASHIMA, SILVERMAN, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 647
Pages: 825–826

Head Matter:
Dorothy DURBIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 14-56450.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 7, 2016.
Filed April 11, 2016.
Craig A. Miller, Esquire, Law Offices of Craig A. Miller, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Michael Barnes, Cynthia W. Liu, Den-tons U.S. LLP, San Francisco,. CA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: TASHIMA, SILVERMAN, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes that this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R.Ápp. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Plaintiff Dorothy Durbin appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant Hartford Life Insurance Company ("Hartford"). On de novo review, Baccei v. United States, 632 F.3d 1140, 1144 (9th Cir.2011), we affirm.
1. Even if Plaintiffs financial abuse claim were not time-barred, an issue that we need not decide, there is no evidence that Hartford "retained]" Plaintiffs property. See Cal. Welf. & Inst.Code § 15610.30(a)(1) ("'Financial abuse' of an elder . occurs when a person or entity . retains real or personal property of an elder . for a wrongful use.... "). Pacific Standard Life Insurance Company and Hartford issued the loans in 1990, 1992, and 1997. Although those acts may have violated the contract, in none of these instances did Hartford (or its predecessor) keep the funds.
2. Plaintiff cannot show that Hartford,' in 2011, had a legal duty to repay the loans and, therefore, that it retained property for a "wrongful use." Id. Not every financial taking or withholding constitutes financial abuse of an elder, especially when the elder has no legal right to the proper ty. See Stebley v. Litton Loan Servicing, LLP, 202 Cal.App.4th 522, 134 Cal.Rptr.3d 604, 608 (Ct.App.2011) (noting that it is not "wrongful use" for "a commercial lender to . take collateral, or to foreclose on collateral when a debt is not paid" (internal quotation marks omitted)).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3,