Miller v. Yokohama Tire Corporation

358 F.3d 616 Christopher MILLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. YOKOHAMA TIRE CORPORATION, a California corporation; Stephen L. Kessing; James MacMaster; Rick Brennan; Philip L. Siracuse; Chikara Cheech Yamauchi; Highway Performance Company, Limited, a California corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-56722. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted November 3, 2003 — Pasadena, California. Filed January 12, 2004. William L. Zeltonoga and Richard Ross, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant. Don A. Proudfoot, Jr., James H. Broderick, Jr., and Benjamin E. Goldman, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, John F. Walter, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-02-02899-JFW. Before: BRIGHT, * O'SCANNLAIN, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge McKeown. OPINION McKEOWN, Circuit Judge. 1 This case involves an effort to transform a California state law wage and hour claim into a federal RICO claim under 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (c) and (d). Christopher Miller alleges that he is a victim of a mail fraud scheme by Yokohama…