Tomomi Umeda v. Tesla, Inc.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 3 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TOMOMI UMEDA, an Individual, and as No. 21-15286 Successor-in-Interest to Yoshihiro Umeda, deceased.; MIYU UMEDA, an Individual, D.C. No. 5:20-cv-02926-SVK and Successor-in-Interest,

Plaintiffs-Appellants, MEMORANDUM*

v.

TESLA, INC.,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Susan G. Van Keulen, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 7, 2021 Pasadena, California

Before: BERZON, BEA, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

After their family member Yoshihiro Umeda was fatally struck by a Tesla

Model X operating in Autopilot mode, Tomomi Umeda and Miyu Umeda

(collectively, “the Umedas”) sued Tesla, Inc., in the Northern District of

California. Tesla filed a motion to dismiss the action on forum non conveniens

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. grounds, which the district court granted. The Umedas…