Schuman

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PETER SCHUMAN; WILLIAM No. 24-2624,

COPLIN, 24-2978

D.C. No. Plaintiffs – Appellants / 4:16-cv-05544- Cross-Appellees,

HSG

v.

MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY OPINION

INCORPORATED; ATMEL

CORPORATION; ATMEL

CORPORATION UNITED STATES

SEVERANCE GUARANTEE

BENEFIT PROGRAM,

Defendants – Appellees / Cross-Appellants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted May 12, 2025 San Francisco, California

Filed June 5, 2025

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, William A. Fletcher, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Sidney R. Thomas

SUMMARY*

Release of Claims / ERISA

The panel reversed the district court’s summary judgment against Peter Schuman and William Coplin in a case concerning the enforceability of a release of claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”); remanded to the district court for further proceedings; and dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction a…