United States Ninth Circuit

Order dismissing plaintiff's suit is affirmed over his claim that defendant improperly withheld tax funds from a settlement check in the underlying case, because the district court reasonably classified the settlement proceeds as lost wages, and not compensation for physical injuries.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/13/2005
• Published 12/13/2005

Judges

• BYBEE, Circuit Judge:, Before: TALLMAN, BYBEE, and BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William D. Howell III, The Howell Law Firm, LLC, Phoenix, AZ, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Rebecca Winterscheidt, and Leslie A. Smith, Snell & Wilmer, LLP, Phoenix, AZ, for the defendants-appellees.