Huynh

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DIRECTV, INC.,  No. 05-16361 Plaintiff-Appellant, v.  D.C. No.

CV-04-03496-CRB

HOA HUYNH,

Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Charles R. Breyer, District Judge, Presiding

DIRECTV, INC.,  No. 05-16362 Plaintiff-Appellant, v.  D.C. No.

CV-04-03454-SBA

CODY OLIVER,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Saundra B. Armstrong, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 16, 2007—San Francisco, California

Filed September 11, 2007

Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Eugene E. Siler, Jr.,* and Michael Daly Hawkins, Circuit Judges.

*The Honorable Eugene E. Siler, Jr., Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation.

12263 12264 DIRECTV, INC. v. HUYNH Opinion by Judge B. Fletcher; Dissent by Judge Siler 12266 DIRECTV, INC. v. HUYNH

COUNSEL

Marc J. Zwillinger, Washington, D.C.; Howard…