A-World Trade, Inc. v. Apmex, Inc.

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

APR 28 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

A-WORLD TRADE, INC., No. 21-55262

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-01032-SB-MAA v.

APMEX, INC.; et al., MEMORANDUM*

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Stanley Blumenfeld, Jr., District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 18, 2022 San Francisco, California

Before: CHRISTEN and BRESS, Circuit Judges, and LYNN,** District Judge.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Barbara M. G. Lynn, Chief United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, sitting by designation. Plaintiff A-World Trade, Inc. appeals the district court’s dismissal of its

Third Amended Complaint alleging that defendants1 violated § 1 of the Sherman

Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. We review the district court’s decision de novo, Hicks v. PGA

Tour, Inc., 897 F.3d 1109, 1117 (9th Cir. 2018), and…