Akmal

MEMORANDUM ***

Plaintiffs appeal the district court’s summary judgment in favor of Defendants Cingular Wireless, Inc. and TEKsystems, Inc. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . 1 We review the district *465 court’s grant of summary judgment de novo, Weber v. Dep’t of Veterans Affairs, 521 F.3d 1061, 1065 (9th Cir.2008), and its refusal of a request under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(f) to permit further discovery for abuse of discretion, Mackey v. Pioneer Nat’l Bank, 867 F.2d 520, 523 (9th Cir.1989), and we affirm.

Regarding Plaintiffs’ defamation claim, the district court correctly ruled that TEKsystems is immune from civil liability under Washington Revised Code Section 4.24.510 for statements made to the Washington Employment Security Department. 2 See Gontmakher v. City of Bellevue, 120 Wash.App. 365 , 85 P.3d 926, 930 (2004). Under Section 4.24.510, Defendants are entitled to immunity even if the statements in question were made in bad faith or are defamatory per se. See id.

The district court properly granted summary judgment as to Plaintiffs’ breach of contract claim because Plaintiffs offered no evidence that the agreement between Aegis and…