Falck Northern California Corp v. Sg Collaborative Solutions LLC

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FALCK NORTHERN CALIFORNIA No. 21-15754

CORP.; FALCK ROCKY MOUNTAIN,

INC.; FALCK MOBILE HEALTH CORP., D.C. No. DBA Care Ambulance Service, Inc.; 4:19-cv-08171-

CARE AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.; SBA

FALCK USA, INC.,

Plaintiffs-Appellees,

OPINION

v.

SCOTT GRIFFITH COLLABORATIVE

SOLUTIONS, LLC, DBA SG

Collaborative Solutions, LLC, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Argued and Submitted January 12, 2022 San Francisco, California

Filed February 10, 2022

Before: Ronald M. Gould, Mark J. Bennett, and Ryan D. Nelson, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge R. Nelson 2 FALCK N. CAL. V. SCOTT GRIFFITH COLLABORATIVE SOLS.

SUMMARY *

Interlocutory Appeal / Mootness

The panel dismissed as moot Scott Griffith Collaborative Solutions, LLC’s appeal of the district court’s order denying its motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint under California’s Anti-Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (“Anti-SLAPP”) rule.

The district…