Case Name: Robert E. WALCHLI; Rachelle J. Walchli, Plaintiffs- Appellants, v. COMMUNITY BANK, an Oregon corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-05-13
Citations: 433 F. App'x 543
Docket Number: No. 10-35560
Parties: Robert E. WALCHLI; Rachelle J. Walchli, Plaintiffs— Appellants, v. COMMUNITY BANK, an Oregon corporation, et al., Defendants—Appellees.
Judges: Before: KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, TASHIMA and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 433
Pages: 543–544

Head Matter:
Robert E. WALCHLI; Rachelle J. Walchli, Plaintiffs— Appellants, v. COMMUNITY BANK, an Oregon corporation, et al., Defendants—Appellees.
No. 10-35560.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 3, 2011.
Filed May 13, 2011.
James David Van Ness, Esquire, Van Ness Mooney, LLC, Salem, OR, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Peter S. Hicks, Mathew W. Lauritsen, Lisa M. Umscheid, Ball Janik LLP, Portland, OR, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, TASHIMA and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument.
See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Because the Walchlis didn't appeal the district court's dismissal of their RICO claim based on the Release Agreement, this claim is waived. See Rodriguez v. Hayes, 591 F.3d 1105, 1118 n. 6 (9th Cir. 2010) ("[Fjailure of a party in its opening brief to challenge an alternate ground for a district court's ruling given by the district court waives that challenge." (emphasis omitted)). Even if Community Bank's discussion of the Release Agreement in its answering brief could be considered a "waiver of waiver," we wouldn't exercise discretion to review this claim because the Walchlis didn't file a reply brief, and so never objected to the district court's dismissal on this ground. See Singh v. Ashcroft, 361 F.3d 1152, 1157 n. 3 (9th Cir. 2004); cf. Han v. Stanford Univ., 210 F.3d 1038, 1040 (9th Cir.2000).
Moreover, the district court rightly held that the Walchlis' third amended complaint failed to allege a plausible scheme to defraud, which is necessary to establish the predicate acts of racketeering activity alleged in this case. See 18 U.S.C. § 1341, 1343, 1961(1); see also Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662,---, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 1949-50, 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009); Schreiber Distrib. Co. v. Serv-Well Furniture Co., 806 F.2d 1393, 1400-01 (9th Cir. 1986).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.