Hoffman

MEMORANDUM **

Peter Hoffman and Cinevisions (referred to collectively as “Hoffman”) appeal the district court’s denial of Hoffman’s motion to remand, and its Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of the claims asserted against Ap-pellees Laurie May and Alan Salke. Salke cross-appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for sanctions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Fed. R. Civ.P.”) 11, and his motion to have Hoffman declared a vexatious litigant. May cross-appeals the district court’s implicit denial of her motion to strike Hoffman’s first amended complaint pursuant to California’s anti-SLAPP statute, California Civil Procedure Code (“Cal.Civ.Proc.Code”) § 425.16. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm the dis *957 trict court’s denial of the motion to remand, the motion for Rule 11 sanctions, the motion to declare Hoffman a vexatious litigant, and its implicit denial of May’s anti-SLAPP motion. We also affirm the district court’s dismissal of the claims against Salke and May pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6).

Hoffman filed an action against Salke and May in state court, asserting claims against both for equitable indemnity and equitable…