Citcon USA, LLC v. Riverpay, Inc.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 31 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CITCON USA, LLC, No. 20-16929

Plaintiff-counter- D.C. No. 5:18-cv-02585-NC defendant-Appellant,

v. MEMORANDUM*

RIVERPAY INC., a Canadian Corporation; et al.,

Defendants-counter- claimants-Appellees,

and

HANG MIAO,

Defendant,

WEI JIANG,

Counter-defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Nathanael M. Cousins, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 13, 2022 San Francisco, California

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Before: GOULD, BENNETT, and R. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Citcon sued two former executives (Yue Hua and Kenny Shi), their new

employer (RiverPay), and a former contractor (Hank Miao) for claims under federal

and California law. It now appeals the district court’s dismissal of its duty of loyalty

and defamation claims,…