ELDEN v. NIRVANA L.L.C.

No. 22-55822.

88 F.4th 1292 (2023)

Spencer ELDEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NIRVANA L.L.C.; Universal Music Group, Inc.; The David Geffen Company; Geffen Records; MCA Records, Inc.; UMG Recordings, Inc.; Kirk Weddle; Courtney Love, as Executor of the Estate of Kurt Cobain; Krist Novoselic; David Grohl, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 21, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Y. Lewis (argued), James R. Marsh , and Margaret E. Mabie , Marsh Law Firm PLLC, New York, New York, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Bert H. Deixler (argued) and Nary Kim , Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendants-Appellees.

Marci A. Hamilton, CEO & Founder, CHILD USA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Jessica Schidlow, Staff Attorney, CHILD USA, Monique D.M. St. Germain Canadian Centre for Child Protection, Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba; Hillary Nappi, Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP, New York, New York; Carol L. Hepburn, Carol L. Hepburn P.S., Seattle, Washington; for Amicus Curiae CHILD USA and Canadian Centre for Child Protection, Inc.

Before: Sandra S. Ikuta, Bridget S. Bade, and Daniel A. Bress, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Under 18 U.S.C. § 2255 (2018) a person who, while a minor, was a victim of specified offenses, including child pornography offenses, could bring a civil suit for damages for personal injuries.1 The suit must be brought within ten years after the later of the violation or the...

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