Case Name: Dr. Barry FREEMAN, an individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF ORANGE, by and through the Orange County Sheriff's Department a government entity; Byron Moldo, court-appointed receiver; Marc Friedman, an individual; Rebecca Friedman, an individual, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-08-31
Citations: 669 F. App'x 348
Docket Number: No. 14-56511
Parties: Dr. Barry FREEMAN, an individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF ORANGE, by and through the Orange County Sheriff's Department a government entity; Byron Moldo, court-appointed receiver; Marc Friedman, an individual; Rebecca Friedman, an individual, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: SILVERMAN, FISHER and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 669
Pages: 348–349

Head Matter:
Dr. Barry FREEMAN, an individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF ORANGE, by and through the Orange County Sheriff's Department a government entity; Byron Moldo, court-appointed receiver; Marc Friedman, an individual; Rebecca Friedman, an individual, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 14-56511
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted August 31, 2016 Pasadena, California
Dow Wakefield Patten, Esquire, Attorney, Smith Patten, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant
Susan Eileen Coleman, Esquire, Senior Litigation Attorney, Martin Kosla, Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee County of Orange
Howard Camhi, Attorney, Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP, Beverly Hills, CA, for Defendant-Appellee Byron Moldo
Before: SILVERMAN, FISHER and WATFORD, 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
Dr. Bairy Freeman appeals the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and negligence claims against a receiver appointed by a California family court. The district court concluded it lacked subject matter jurisdiction under Barton v. Barbour, 104 U.S. 126, 131, 26 L.Ed. 672 (1881). We affirm.
Freeman argues Barton applies only to receivers appointed by federal courts, not state family courts. This argument is both unsupported and unpersuasive. Barton itself concerned a receiver appointed by a Virginia state court being sued in the District of Columbia. See Barton, 104 U.S. at 126-27.
Freeman's argument that his failure to obtain leave to sue from the appointing state court is not a jurisdictional failing is likewise unpersuasive. Barton held federal courts are without jurisdiction to entertain suits against receivers without permission from the appointing court. See Barton, 104 U.S. at 131-32, 136-37; Med. Dev. Int'l v. Cal Dep't of Corr. & Rehab., 585 F.3d 1211, 1216-17 (9th Cir. 2009). Therefore, the district court properly treated this failure as a jurisdictional defect.
We need riot decide whether the statutory exception to Barton set out in 28 U.S.C. § 959(a) applies to receivers appointed by state courts because Freeman has not stated a claim under that section. All of Freeman's claims concern the validity of the receivership. Such a challenge is not the type of traditional torts claim covered under the § 959(a) exception. See In re Crown Vantage, Inc., 421 F.3d 963, 972 (9th Cir. 2005); see also Med. Dev. Int'l, 585 F.3d at 1218-19. Further, even if Freeman's negligence claim fell under § 959(a), there is no good reason for the exercise of supplemental jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1367.
Finally, the receiver did not act ultra vires. Unlike the receiver in Leonard v. Vrooman, 383 F.2d 556, 560 (9th Cir. 1967), the receiver in this case proceeded according to the orders of the appointing court. Allowing Freeman to challenge those orders would go against the central purpose of Barton, which is to prevent one court from usurping the powers of another. See Barton, 104 U.S. at 136. We are without jurisdiction to do so.
AFFIRMED.
The unopposed motions of Appellee Byron Z. Moldo to take judicial notice of various state judicial proceedings, filed May 29, 2015 and April 27, 2016, are GRANTED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
. The district court also dismissed Freeman's claims against the County of Orange, Marc Friedman and Rebecca Friedman. Freeman did not contest those orders, however, and they are not the subject of this appeal,