Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit January 6, 1983, 80-5653 (Nova Stylings, Inc., a California Corporation v. David L. Ladd, Register of Copyrights)

J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Nova Stylings, Inc. (Nova) brought a mandamus action under 28 U.S.C. § 1361 to compel the Register of Copyrights to register Nova’s claims of copyright. The district court, the Honorable Terry J. Hatter presiding, dismissed the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.

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