JAMES L. JONES, Jr. v. Recontrust Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of America;

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JAMES L. JONES, Jr.,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
RECONTRUST COMPANY, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Bank of America; et
al.,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 13-16481
D.C. No. 3:12-cv-08079-FJM
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Frederick J. Martone, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted March 10, 2015**
Before: FARRIS, WARDLAW, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
James L. Jones, Jr., appeals pro se from the district court’s summary
judgment in his diversity action seeking to quiet title. We have jurisdiction under
28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Progressive Cas. Ins. Co. v. Owen, 519
FILED
MAR 20 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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F.3d 1035, 1037 (9th Cir. 2008), and we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment in Jones’s quiet title
action because Jones failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether
the mortgagee’s interest in the subject property had been satisfied. See Farrell v.
West, 114 P.2d 910, 911 (Ariz. 1941) (where “it appears there is an unsatisfied
balance due to a defendant-mortgagee, or his assignee, the court will not quiet the
title until and unless [plaintiff] pays off such mortgage lien”).
We deny Jones’s request for judicial notice set forth in his opening brief.
We reject Jones’s contentions regarding subject matter jurisdiction and due
process in the district court.
AFFIRMED.
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