Seven Arts Pictures, Inc. v. 9md Uk Limited

MEMORANDUM

Seven Arts Pictures, Inc. (“Seven Arts”) brought this action seeking a declaration that it is the rightful owner of the copyrights to the movie “Nine Miles Down” and tort damages for intentional interference with contractual relations. The district court denied Seven Arts’s motion for default judgment and dismissed the case. We also dismiss.

We need not reach the merits of this appeal because Seven Arts has repeatedly failed to comply with both the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (“FRAP”) and the Rules of this court. First, Seven Arts failed to provide a statement in its opening brief of the basis for this court to exercise appellate jurisdiction. See FRAP 28(a)(4)(B); Ninth Circuit Rule 28-2.2. Further, Seven Arts has taken a rather casual approach to this court’s rules through its repeated docketing problems and serious misstatements of law in its opening brief. Seven Arts has given us no impetus to mitigate the “apparent harshness” of this sanction. See Mitchel v. Gen. Elec. Co., 689 F.2d 877, 879 (9th Cir.1982). Accordingly, we strike Seven Arts’ opening brief and dismiss. Ninth Circuit Rule 28-1(a); see N/S Corp. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 127 F.3d 1145, 1146…