Las Vegas Casino Corporation v. NEWREZ, LLC, DBA Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
LAS VEGAS CASINO CORPORATION,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
NEWREZ, LLC, DBA Shellpoint
Mortgage Servicing,
Defendant-Appellee.
No. 21-16490
D.C. No.
2:20-cv-01658-RFB-DJA
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Nevada
Richard F. Boulware II, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted December 5, 2022**
Pasadena, California
Before: KELLY,*** IKUTA, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
FILED
DEC 7 2022
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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).
*** The Honorable Paul J. Kelly, Jr., United States Circuit Judge for the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, sitting by designation.

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Las Vegas Casino Corporation (Las Vegas) appeals the district court’s
dismissal of its complaint for failure to state a claim. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6).
We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and review the district court’s
decision de novo. See In re Cutera Sec. Litig., 610 F.3d 1103, 1107 (9th Cir.
2010). We reject Las Vegas’s claim that the ten-year period, see Nev. Rev. Stat.
§ 106.240, elapsed as to Shellpoint’s deed of trust because Shellpoint’s Notice of
Rescission cancelled any prior acceleration and reset the ten-year clock. See SFR
Invs. Pool 1, LLC v. U.S. Bank N.A. (“Gotera”), 507 P.3d 194, 196–197 & n.4
(2022). Las Vegas’s arguments seeking to distinguish Gotera are unpersuasive.
Because we affirm on the grounds decided by the district court, we do not
consider the alternative grounds raised by Shellpoint on appeal.1
AFFIRMED.
1 We deny Las Vegas’s motion to stay the appeal pending the Nevada
Supreme Court’s disposition in Gotera as moot.
2

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