Brown

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 13 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JANEY BROWN; BING GUO; JUNXIAN No. 24-3964 ZHANG, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-10971-DOC-AGR Plaintiffs - Appellants,

v. MEMORANDUM*

DURINGER LAW GROUP, PLC;

STEPHEN C. DURINGER,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted June 11, 2025** Pasadena, California

Before: BYBEE, IKUTA, and FORREST, Circuit Judges.

Janey Brown, Bing Guo, and Junxian Zhang (collectively, Tenants) appeal the

district court’s denial of their renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law

* 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). (JMOL) and motion for a new trial. We affirm.

We review de novo a district…