Seagal

MEMORANDUM **

Steven Seagal appeals the district court’s order dismissing his complaint due to improper venue and, in the alternative, forum non conveniens. We affirm the district court’s dismissal of Seagal’s complaint. Therefore, we need not consider Edeltrud Vorderwülbecke’s appeal of the district court’s finding that it could exercise specific personal jurisdiction over her.

The forum selection clause provides that all disputes “arising out of or in connection with” the lease shall be settled before a court in Berlin, Germany. Interpreting this language de novo, we construe the lease’s forum selection clause to in- *748 elude disputes between the parties having a significant relationship to the lease as well as disputes having their origin or genesis in the lease. See Simula, Inc., v. Autoliv, Inc., 175 F.3d 716, 721 (9th Cir. 1999) (concluding that arbitration clause language “ ‘arising in connection with’ reaches every dispute between the parties having a significant relationship to the contract and all disputes having their origin or genesis in the contract”).

In light of this construction, the district court did not abuse its discretion in finding that the forum…