Bolt

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ALBERT D. BOLT,  No. 05-16282 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CV-04-00893-WBS

MERRIMACK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California William B. Shubb, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 18, 2007—San Francisco, California

Filed September 11, 2007

Before: Cynthia Holcomb Hall and Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Circuit Judges, and Irma E. Gonzalez,* Chief District Judge.

Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain

*The Honorable Irma E. Gonzalez, United States Chief District Judge for the Southern District of California, sitting by designation.

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COUNSEL

Deborah S. Birnbach, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, Massa- chusetts, argued the cause for the defendant-appellant, and filed briefs; William F. Sheehan, Goodwin Procter LLP, Bos- ton, Massachusetts, and Todd Noonan, Stevens & O’Connell LLP, Sacramento, California, were on the briefs.

William R. Warne, Downey Brand LLP, Sacramento, Califor- nia,…