The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has denied Derron G. Flores\u2019 petition for a rehearing on his request to substitute him as plaintiff in the $40-million lawsuit that his late mother filed against a bank and its former employees.<\/p>\n
The Ninth Circuit affirmed last month the federal court\u2019s ruling that denied Derron G. Flores\u2019 request to substitute him as plaintiff in his late mother\u2019s lawsuit.<\/p>\n
The Ninth Circuit judges agreed with U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona\u2019s ruling that Cecilia Flores\u2019 tort claims were extinguished once she died. <\/p>\n
Derron Flores had filed a petition for panel rehearing, but the Ninth Circuit denied the petition on Friday.<\/p>\n
A petition for rehearing is submitted to the panel of judges that decided the case.<\/p>\n
According to the order, Circuit Judge Susan P. Graber voted to deny the petition for a rehearing and Circuit Judge Richard C. Tallman and U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana Ivan L.R. Lemelle so recommend.<\/p>\n
Cecilia Flores originally filed the case in the CNMI Superior Court. It was moved to the federal court. <\/p>\n
Cecila Flores sued Union Bank and its two former employees over a bank manager\u2019s alleged unauthorized release of Donald Flores\u2019 money years prior to his death from his $200,000 time certificate of deposit to a person representing him.<\/p>\n
Cecilia Flores alleged that Union Bank \u201callowed an impostor to redeem her 1993 certificate of deposit and hid that \u2026all these years to her detriment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both Cecilia Flores and her husband, former Saipan Mayor Donald Flores, who bought the certificate of deposit, died while the lawsuit was pending.<\/p>\n
Derron Flores, the son and only known child of the Flores couple, attempted to substitute as plaintiff.<\/p>\n
In an April 2016 order denying Derron Flores\u2019 request to substitute, Manglona ruled that Cecilia Flores\u2019 claims were extinguished when she died in September 2015. Manglona also dismissed Cecilia Flores\u2019 lawsuit.<\/p>\n
Derron, through counsel Juan T. Lizama, appealed to the Ninth Circuit to reverse Manglona\u2019s ruling. <\/p>\n
In November 2017, federal jurors favored MUFG Union Bank in Derron Flores\u2019 separate lawsuit to collect the $200,000 certificate of deposit. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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