Unigem International v. S. Weinstein & Sons

MEMORANDUM *

Appellant Unigem International (“Uni-gem”), a California corporation, challenges the district court’s conclusion that it lacked personal jurisdiction over Israeli defendants and Appellees S. Weinstein & Sons, Ari Weinstein, and Benjamin Shavit (collectively “Appellees”). We affirm.

We review de novo a district court’s determination that it lacks personal jurisdiction. Schwarzenegger v. Fred Martin Motor Co., 374 F.3d 797, 800 (9th Cir. 2004). The reach of California’s long-arm jurisdictional statute is coextensive with federal due process, which requires that a nonresident defendant have “minimum contacts” with the forum “such that the exercise of jurisdiction ‘does not offend traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice.’ ” Id. at 800-01 (quoting Int’l Shoe Co. v. Washington, 326 U.S. 310, 316 , 66 S.Ct. 154 , 90 L.Ed. 95 (1945)); Cal.Civ.Proc.Code § 410.10. We employ a three-prong test for evaluating whether specific personal jurisdiction is consistent with due process:

Schwarzenegger, 374 F.3d at 802 (quoting Lake v. Lake, 817 F.2d 1416, 1421 (9th Cir.1987)).

Unigem has not met its burden of showing that Appellees purposefully directed their…