Robert Haynes v. Nicholas Lemann Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

53 F.3d 338 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Robert HAYNES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nicholas LEMANN; Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-55126. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 19, 1995. * Decided April 25, 1995. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Suggestion, Rehearing En Banc Jan. 31, 1996. Before: BROWNING, SNEED and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Robert Haynes appeals pro se the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendants. The district court had diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1332 . We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . We affirm. 3 Nicholas Lemann is the author of the critically-acclaimed book The Promised Land. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., published the book in February 1991. The Promised Land chronicles the migration of millions of African-Americans from the rural South to various northern cities between 1940 and 1970. A focus of the book is the story…