G and G Closed Circuit Events v. Michael Reto
G and G Closed Circuit Events v. Michael Reto
Opinion
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 24 2022 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
G AND G CLOSED CIRCUIT EVENTS, No. 21-56055 LLC, D.C. No. Plaintiff-Appellant, 2:19-cv-07915-WDK-JC
v. MEMORANDUM* MICHAEL RETO, DBA The Lab, individually,
Defendant-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California William D. Keller, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted May 10, 2022** Pasadena, California
Before: McKEOWN and IKUTA, Circuit Judges, and DANIELS,*** District Judge.
G and G Closed Circuit Events, LLC, appeals the district court’s order
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). *** The Honorable George B. Daniels, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation. granting summary judgment on its 47 U.S.C. §§ 553 and 605 claims and declining
to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over its state law claims. We have
jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm.
This is one of three appeals brought by G and G that implicate the
application of 47 U.S.C. §§ 553 and 605 to commercial programs that are
broadcast over the internet. All three appeals raise identical issues, the substance
of which we addressed in our opinion in G and G Closed Circuit Events, LLC v.
Liu, No. 21-56047, __ F.4th __ (9th Cir. 2022). For the reasons explained in our
opinion, we affirm the district court’s order.
In this case, as in Liu, the district court granted G and G ample opportunity
to conduct discovery on the method by which the commercial program was
broadcast. And here, as in Liu, G and G declined to take advantage of this
opportunity and instead relied on conclusory statements regarding the method of
transmission. It was G and G’s burden at summary judgment to come forward
with evidence establishing a genuine dispute of material fact. See Celotex Corp. v.
Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322–23 (1986). Because G and G failed to carry this
burden, summary judgment was appropriate.
AFFIRMED.
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