FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
JUL 16 2020
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST No. 17-16568
COMPANY, Trustee for the GSAA Trust
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, D.C. No.
Series 2006-8, 2:15-cv-01139-JCM-PAL
Plaintiff-counter-
defendant-Appellant, MEMORANDUM*
v.
TALASERA AND VICANTO
HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION; SFR
INVESTMENTS POOL 1, LLC,
Defendants-Appellees,
v.
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC;
BANK OF AMERICA, NA,
Cross-defendants-
Appellants.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Nevada
James C. Mahan, District Judge, Presiding
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
Submitted July 14, 2020**
San Francisco, California
Before: IKUTA and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges, and TAGLE,*** District Judge.
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee for the GSAA Trust
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-8, Nationstar Mortgage, LLC,
and Bank of America, N.A. (collectively referred to as the “Banks”), appeal the
district court’s grant of summary judgment for SFR Investments Pool 1, LLC
(SFR) and Talasera & Vicanto Homeowners’ Association (the HOA). We have
jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
Because the district court disposed of this case on cross-motions for
summary judgment, we may review the district court’s denial of the Banks’ motion
for summary judgment. See Redevelopment Agency of Stockton v. BNSF Ry. Co.,
643 F.3d 668, 672 (9th Cir. 2011). Viewing the evidence in the light most
favorable to SFR and the HOA, the evidence establishes that Bank of America’s
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
***
The Honorable Hilda G. Tagle, United States District Judge for the
Southern District of Texas, sitting by designation.
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tender satisfied the superpriority portion of the HOA’s lien.1 The tender was valid,
even though it was conditional, because Bank of America “had a legal right to
insist” on the condition included in its tender offer. Diamond Spur, 427 P.3d at
118. Because the Banks’ notice of appeal and opening brief clearly indicated that
the Banks were appealing the district court’s order granting summary judgment for
the HOA, the Banks did not waive that claim. See Le v. Astrue, 558 F.3d 1019,
1022–24 (9th Cir. 2009). Therefore, the district court erred in not granting the
Banks summary judgment on the quiet title claim. See Arlington West, 920 F.3d at
623.2
REVERSED.
1
When the district court ruled, it did not have the benefit of the Nevada
Supreme Court’s decision in Bank of America, N.A. v. SFR Investments Pool 1,
LLC, 427 P.3d 113 (Nev. 2018) (en banc) (“Diamond Spur”), and our decision in
Bank of America, N.A. v. Arlington West Twilight Homeowners Association, 920
F.3d 620, 623 (9th Cir. 2019) (“Arlington West”), which held that the holder of a
first deed of trust can preserve its interest by tendering “the superpriority portion of
the HOA’s lien,” which “consists of nine months of unpaid HOA dues and any
unpaid charges for maintenance and nuisance abatement,” Arlington West, 920
F.3d at 623 (citing Diamond Spur, 427 P.3d at 117–18).
2
Because we reverse the district court’s ruling on these grounds, we do not
reach the Banks’ other arguments.
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