Bryant

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MATTEL, INC.,  No. 05-55696 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v.  CV-04-09059-

CARTER BRYANT, AN INDIVIDUAL, ET NMM/RNB

AL.; MGA ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

OPINION

Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Nora M. Manella, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 13, 2006—Pasadena, California

Filed May 2, 2006

Before: William C. Canby, Jr., John T. Noonan, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Noonan COUNSEL

Daniel P. Collins, Ailsa W. Chang, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Keith A. Jacoby, Dale M. Cendali, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellees.

OPINION

NOONAN, Circuit Judge:

Mattel, Inc., a Delaware corporation with headquarters in California, appeals the order of the district court denying Mat- tel’s motion to remand this action to state court in which Mat- tel had begun this suit against Carter Bryant, a resident of Missouri and a product designer formerly in its employ. Hold- ing that diversity jurisdiction…