Pounds

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FILED

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DEC 5 2025

VAN POUNDS, No. 24-6649 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 6:19-cv-00420-MK

v.

MEMORANDUM*

CAMERON SMITH, individually and in his official capacity; BRIAN LIGHT, individually and in his official capacity; OREGON DEPARTMENT OF

CONSUMER & BUSINESS SERVICES,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon

Mustafa T. Kasubhai, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 19, 2025 Seattle, Washington

Before: McKEOWN, W. FLETCHER, and DESAI, Circuit Judges.

Van Pounds appeals from the district court’s summary judgment in favor of

Cameron Smith and Brian Light. Pounds also appeals the district court’s denial of

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. 1 his motion to compel due to the attorney-client privilege and award of costs to

Smith and Light. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo

the district court’s grant of…