Mirch Law Firm, LLP v. Elias Nakhleh

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 26 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MIRCH LAW FIRM, LLP; et al., No. 20-56207

Appellants, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-05734-PA-MAA v.

ELIAS NAKHLEH; et al., MEMORANDUM*

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Percy Anderson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 12, 2022 Pasadena, California

Before: IKUTA and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges, and DANIELS,** District Judge.

Mirch Law Firm, LLP (“Mirch”) appeals the district court’s order

disqualifying it as plaintiffs’ counsel in a RICO action brought by Seyed Zia Eddin

Ahmadi Abhari, Donya Entertainment, Inc., and Noureen Entertainment, Inc.

against defendants Elias Nakhleh, Slater’s 50/50 Franchise, LLC, and Elite

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable George B. Daniels, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by…