Opinion
No. 20-55858
04-28-2021
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, ROBB EVANS & ASSOCIATES LLC, Temporary Receiver, Receiver-Appellee, v. VPL MEDICAL, INC., Intervenor-Appellant, JASON CARDIFF, et al., Defendant-Appellant, and EUNJUNG CARDIFF, et al., Defendants, JACQUES POUJADE, Objector.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 5:18-cv-02104-DMG-PLA ORDER Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Dolly M. Gee, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted March 2, 2021
Submission Vacated March 4, 2021
Resubmitted April 28, 2021 Pasadena, California Before: SILER, HURWITZ, and COLLINS, Circuit Judges.
The Honorable Eugene E. Siler, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation. --------
Submission of this case was vacated on March 4, 2021. This case is resubmitted for decision effective as of the date of this order.
As the FTC states in its brief, the district court's July 7, 2020 preliminary injunction order was entered "to preserve assets pending a final judgment that could include equitable monetary relief" in this action under § 13(b) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 53(b). In AMG Capital Management, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, 593 U.S. ___, 2021 WL 1566607 (Apr. 22, 2021), the Supreme Court unanimously held "that §13(b) as currently written does not grant the Commission authority to obtain equitable monetary relief." Id. at *8. Accordingly, the July 7, 2020 preliminary injunction is VACATED, and the case is REMANDED to the district court for further proceedings consistent with the Supreme Court's decision in AMG Capital Management.
Each side shall bear its own costs.