Thomas

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

STEVE THOMAS,  No. 03-56306 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v.  CV-02-1831 TJW/ FRY’S ELECTRONICS, INC., a JFS California Corporation,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Thomas J. Whelan, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted March 8, 2005* Pasadena, California

Filed March 15, 2005

Before: Thomas G. Nelson, Barry G. Silverman, and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam Opinion

*The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

3303 3304 THOMAS v. FRY’S ELECTRONICS

COUNSEL

Scott A. McMillan, The McMillan Law Firm, La Mesa, Cali- fornia, for the appellant. THOMAS v. FRY’S ELECTRONICS 3305 James D. Claytor and William H. Curtis, Foley McIntosh Frey & Claytor, Lafayette, California, for the appellee.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Steve Thomas brings this interlocutory appeal challenging the district court’s denial of his anti-Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Purpose1 (“anti-SLAPP”)…