Newgen, LLC v. Safe Cig, LLC

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NEWGEN, LLC, a Wisconsin limited Nos. 13-56157 liability company, 14-57015 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 2:12-cv-09112-

RGK-JCG

SAFE CIG, LLC, a California limited liability company, Defendant-Appellant.

NEWGEN, LLC, a Wisconsin limited No. 13-56225 liability company, Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:12-cv-09112-

RGK-JCG

SAFE CIG, LLC, a California limited liability company, Defendant-Appellee. ORDER AND

AMENDED

OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted February 11, 2016 Pasadena, California

Filed September 7, 2016 Amended October 21, 2016

Before: M. Margaret McKeown and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges, and Robert W. Pratt,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge McKeown

SUMMARY**

Diversity Jurisdiction

The panel affirmed the district court’s grant of an almost $1.5 million default judgment against Safe Cig, LLC and in favor of NewGen, LLC after accepting NewGen’s amended allegations of…