Opinion ID: 3064478
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Heading: jurisdiction

Text: We have jurisdiction to review an appeal from an order appointing a receiver pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(2). Section 1292(a)(2) vests this court with jurisdiction over “[i]nterlocutory orders appointing receivers, or refusing orders to wind up receiverships or to take steps to accomplish the purposes thereof, such as directing sales or other disposals of property.” We have adopted “a policy of strict construction that has confined appeals to the three categories clearly specified in the statute.” FTC v. Overseas Unlimited Agency, Inc., 873 F.2d 1233, 1235 (9th Cir. 1989) (citations and quotations omitted). Here, the order appointing the receiver clearly falls within the first category and therefore is properly before the court. However, the parties dispute whether the portion of the order requiring LaPeter to turn over past rents is appealable under § 1292(a)(2). [1] We have previously held that orders requiring funds to be turned over to a receiver are nonappealable under § 1292(a)(2). Overseas Unlimited Agency, Inc., 873 F.2d at 1235. However, in Overseas, the “turnover order” at issue was not included in the order appointing the receiver, as it is here. Id. at 1234; see also SEC v. Am. Principals Holdings, Inc., 817 F.2d 1349, 1351 (9th Cir. 1987) (separate turnover order not appealable under § 1292(a)(2)); United States v. Chelsea Towers, Inc., 404 F.2d 329, 330 (3d Cir. 1968) (separate order requiring the delivery of certain deposits to the receiver not appealable); but see CFTC v. Topworth Int’l, Ltd., 205 F.3d 1107, 1112 (9th Cir. 1999) (holding that a sepCANADA LIFE ASSURANCE v. LAPETER 2719 arate order requiring funds to be turned over to a receiver was appealable under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, because it finally determined the appellant’s rights in the disputed receivership assets).7 [2] The parties do not point to, and we can find no, cases addressing the appealability of a turnover order that is included in the order appointing a receiver. The unique posture of the turnover order in this case distinguishes it from the discrete orders at issue in Overseas and American Principals Holdings. Based on this distinction, we conclude that because we have jurisdiction pursuant to § 1292(a)(2) to review the appointment order, we may review provisions of that order which would not by themselves be immediately reviewable.8