Ernest Jarrett v. James Terrell

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

APR 8 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ERNEST JARRETT; ERNEST L. No. 21-55263

JARRETT, P.C.,

D.C. No. Plaintiffs-Appellants, 2:19-cv-06234-MWF-GJS

v.

MEMORANDUM*

JAMES STEPHEN TERRELL; LAW

OFFICE OF JAMES S. TERRELL;

SHARON J. BRUNNER; LAW OFFICE

OF SHARON J. BRUNNER,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Michael W. Fitzgerald, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 15, 2022 San Francisco, California

Before: W. FLETCHER, GOULD, and COLLINS, Circuit Judges.

In connection with a short-lived representation of a client in a wrongful

death suit, Plaintiffs Ernest L. Jarrett and Ernest L. Jarrett, P.C. (collectively,

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Jarrett) allege that Defendants owe approximately $2.67 million in attorneys’ fees

because (1) Defendants tortiously interfered with Jarrett’s contractual expectancy,

attorney client…