Pick

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 4 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

HAROLD PICK, No. 24-4571 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 2:21-cv-08702-JWH-PVC

MEMORANDUM*

v.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF

JUSTICE,

Defendant - Appellee,

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

Argued and Submitted November 20, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: WARDLAW, N.R. SMITH, and MILLER, Circuit Judges. Harold Pick appeals the dismissal of his Second Amended Complaint

(“SAC”) against the Department of Justice under the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a.

He claims damages arising from the FBI’s handling of certain evidence obtained

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. through a search warrant executed at Pick’s business, which it shared with

Motorola Solutions, Inc., which then used the evidence in litigation against Pick.

Specifically, Pick argues that the FBI…