Metricolor LLC v. L Oreal USA, Inc

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 25 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

METRICOLOR LLC, No. 24-3747 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 2:18-cv-00364-CAS-E v.

MEMORANDUM*

L OREAL USA, INC; L OREAL USA

PRODUCTS, INC.; L OREAL USA S D

INC; REDKEN 5TH AVENUE NYC, LLC,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Christina A. Snyder, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 22, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: R. NELSON and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges, and COLE, District Judge.**

Plaintiff-Appellant Metricolor LLC appeals the district court’s order

dismissing its trade secret misappropriation case as a sanction for fabricating,

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Douglas Russell Cole, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, sitting by designation. withholding, and destroying evidence. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §…