Relevant Group, LLC v. Stephen Nourmand

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RELEVANT GROUP, LLC, a No. 23-55574 Delaware limited liability company; 1541 WILCOX HOTEL, LLC, a D.C. No. Delaware limited liability company; 2:19-cv-05019- 6516 TOMMIE HOTEL, LLC, a PSG-KS Delaware limited liability company; 6421 SELMA WILCOX HOTEL, LLC, a California limited liability OPINION company,

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v.

STEPHEN NOURMAND, AKA

Saeed Nourmand an individual;

SUNSET LANDMARK

INVESTMENT, LLC, a California limited liability company; NOURMAND AND ASSOCIATES, a California corporation; DOES, 1-10,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Philip S. Gutierrez, District Judge, Presiding RELEVANT GROUP, LLC V. NOURMAND

Argued and Submitted June 3, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed September 5, 2024

Before: MILAN D. SMITH, JR. and BRIDGET S. BADE, Circuit Judges, and SIDNEY A. FITZWATER, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr.

SUMMARY **

Noerr-Pennington Doctrine

The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment…