McLeod

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 22 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KURT MCLEOD, an individual, No. 24-3266 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 2:22-cv-01547-FWS-AGR v.

MEMORANDUM*

ZERO GRAVITY MANAGEMENT, an unknown business entity; MARK WILLIAMS, an individual; ERIC WILLIAMS, an individual,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Fred W. Slaughter, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 13, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: OWENS, BENNETT, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiff Kurt McLeod appeals the district court’s judgment in favor of

Defendants Zero Gravity Management, Mark Williams, and Eric Williams.

McLeod, a screenwriter, argues that Mark and Eric Williams were his personal

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. managers under an oral representation agreement, that the Williamses breached

their contractual and fiduciary duties to him under California…