FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NEVADA BELL,  Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PAC-WEST TELECOMM, INC., No. 01-15790 Defendant-Appellant, and  D.C. No. CV-99-00492-ECR NEVADA PUBLIC UTILITIES ORDER COMMISSION; JUDY M. SHELDREW, and MICHAEL A. PITLOCK, Commissioners, Defendants.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Edward C. Reed, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 12, 2005—San Francisco, California

Filed January 24, 2005

Before: John T. Noonan, Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges, and Robert E. Jones.*

COUNSEL

D. Anthony Rodriguez, San Francisco, California, for the defendant-appellant.

*The Honorable Robert E. Jones, United States Senior District Judge for the District of Oregon, sitting by designation.

1013 1014 BELL v. PAC-WEST TELECOMM Kevin M. Fong, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiff- appellee.

ORDER

The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. PRINTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE—U.S. COURTS BY THOMSON/WEST—SAN FRANCISCO

The summary, which does not constitute a part of the opinion of the court, is copyrighted © 2005 Thomson/West.