Stern

MEMORANDUM

Appellant Kenneth M. Stern appeals the district court’s grant of summary judg *719 ment in favor of appellees the American States Insurance Company group of companies (collectively “American States”), 4 and appeals the district court’s grant of dismissal for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted in favor of appellees the Grossmans. 5 We affirm.

Appellant Stern is an attorney practicing in Woodland Hills, California. In 1995, he was sued for malicious prosecution as the result of a lawsuit he filed while acting as attorney for appellees the Grossmans. The malicious prosecution lawsuit was dismissed as a result of settlement in 1998. Seeking to recover the costs he allegedly expended in defending himself against that lawsuit, appellant has sued his homeowners insurance carrier American States and his former clients the Grossmans.

This Court reviews a grant of summary judgment de novo. Robi v. Reed, 173 F.3d 736, 739 (9th Cir.1999). In granting summary judgment for American States, the district judge concluded that because Stern’s homeowners insurance policy specifically excluded coverage for “malicious prosecution ... committed by or at the…