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Kerrin Fiscus, Plaintiff, v. SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION SEIU LOCAL 503 OPEU (2021)

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Loriann ANDERSON; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Kerrin Fiscus, Plaintiff, v. SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU) LOCAL 503, Oregon Public Employees Union (OPEU), Labor Organization; et al., Defendants-Appellees.

No. 19-35871

Decided: July 29, 2021

Before: SCHROEDER, SILVERMAN, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.

James G. Abernathy, Rebekah Millard, Freedom Foundation, Olympia, WA, Milton L. Chappell, Attorney, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc, Springfield, VA, for Plaintiff. James G. Abernathy, Rebekah Millard, Freedom Foundation, Olympia, WA, Milton L. Chappell, Attorney, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc, Springfield, VA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants. James S. Coon, Esquire, Attorney, Swanson, Thomas, Coon & Newton, Portland, OR, Scott A. Kronland, Matthew John Murray, Amanda Christine Lynch, Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellee Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 503, Oregon Public Employees Union (Opeu) Scott A. Kronland, Matthew John Murray, Amanda Christine Lynch, Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, CA, Margaret S. Olney, Attorney, Bennett Hartman, LLP, Portland, OR, for Defendant-Appellee Oregon AFSCME Council 75. Christopher Perdue, Assistant Attorney General, Oregon Department of Justice, Salem, OR, for Defendant-Appellee Katy Coba. James S. Coon, Esquire, Attorney, Swanson, Thomas, Coon & Newton, Portland, OR, for Defendants-Appellees Jackson County, Marion County, Wallowa County, Western Oregon University. Margaret S. Olney, Attorney, Bennett Hartman, LLP, Portland, OR, for Defendants-Appellees Lane County, City of Portland, Northwest Senior & Disability Services.

MEMORANDUM **

Loriann Anderson, Kenneth Hill, Rene Layton, Michael Miller, Bernard Perkins, Dennis Richey, Kathie Simmons, Kent Wiles, and Melinda Wiltse appeal from the district court's judgment in their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 putative class action alleging a First Amendment claim arising out of union membership dues. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the district court's dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Daniels-Hall v. Nat'l Educ. Ass'n, 629 F.3d 992, 998 (9th Cir. 2010). We affirm.

The parties agree that this court's intervening decision in Belgau v. Inslee, 975 F.3d 940 (9th Cir. 2020), cert. denied, No. 20-1120, ––– U.S. ––––, ––– S.Ct. ––––, ––– L.Ed.2d ––––, 2021 WL 2519114 (June 21, 2021), controls the outcome of this appeal. We affirm the district court's judgment dismissing plaintiffs’ action for failure to state a claim. See Belgau, 975 F.3d at 946-69 (discussing state action), 950-52 (concluding that the Supreme Court's decision in Janus v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Council 31, ––– U.S. ––––, 138 S. Ct. 2448, 201 L.Ed.2d 924 (2018), did not extend a First Amendment right to avoid paying union dues that were agreed upon under validly entered union membership agreements).

Plaintiffs’ motion for summary affirmance, set forth in their reply brief, is denied.

AFFIRMED.

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Kerrin Fiscus, Plaintiff, v. SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION SEIU LOCAL 503 OPEU (2021)

Docket No: No. 19-35871

Decided: July 29, 2021

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

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