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Date Created: 2023-01-25 18:00:57.834777+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        JAN 25 2023
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOHN G. FLORENDO; DEBORAH P.                    No. 21-16461
FLORENDO,
                                                D.C. No. 2:20-cv-02088-APG-DJA
                Plaintiffs-Appellants,

 v.                                             MEMORANDUM*

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, FKA
Bank of New York, as successor trustee to JP
Morgan Chase Bank, NA, as trustee for the
holders of SAMI II trust 2006-AR7,
mortgage pass-through certificates, series
2006-AR7,

                Defendant-Appellee.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                            for the District of Nevada
                   Andrew P. Gordon, District Judge, Presiding

                           Submitted January 18, 2023**

Before:      GRABER, PAEZ, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

      *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
      **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
      John G. Florendo and Deborah P. Florendo appeal pro se from the district

court’s judgment dismissing their diversity action alleging a quiet title claim. We

have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a district court’s

dismissal for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

12(b)(6). Hebbe v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, 341 (9th Cir. 2010). We affirm.

      Plaintiffs’ quiet title claim is based on the applicability of Nevada Revised

Statutes (“NRS”) 106.240. See Pro-Max Corp. v. Feenstra, 16 P.3d 1074, 1077

(Nev. 2001) (“NRS 106.240 creates a conclusive presumption that a lien on real

property is extinguished ten years after the debt becomes due.”). However,

“because a notice of rescission rescinds a previously recorded notice of default, the

notice of rescission effectively cancelled the acceleration triggered by the notice of

default, such that NRS 106.240’s 10-year period was reset.” SFR Invs. Pool 1,

LLC v. U.S. Bank N.A., 507 P.3d 194, 196 (Nev. 2022) (citation and internal

quotation marks omitted). Because NRS 106.240 is inapplicable, the district court

properly dismissed plaintiffs’ action for failure to allege facts sufficient to state a

plausible quiet title claim.

      The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying plaintiffs leave to

amend because amendment would have been futile. See Cervantes v. Countrywide

Home Loans, Inc., 656 F.3d 1034, 1041 (9th Cir. 2011) (setting forth standard of

review and explaining that a district court may dismiss without leave to amend

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when amendment would be futile).

     AFFIRMED.

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