Cyntegra, Inc. v. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.

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322 F. App'x 569
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 20, 2009No. 07-56699California1,671 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Cyntegra, Inc. (“Cyntegra”) appeals several orders entered by the district court in favor of IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (“IDEXX”), including an order granting IDEXX’s motion for summary judgment on all of Cyntegra’s claims. We affirm all of the district court’s orders challenged on appeal.

We review the grant of summary judgment de novo. Cascade Health Solutions v. PeaceHealth, 515 F.3d 883, 912 (9th Cir.2008). We review for abuse of discretion the district court’s decisions concerning discovery, Preminger v. Peake, 552 F.3d 757 , 768 n. 10 (9th Cir.2008), including its imposition of sanctions for spoliation of evidence. Leon v. IDX Sys. Corp., 464 F.3d 951, 957-58 (9th Cir.2006). We likewise review the district court’s eviden-tiary rulings for abuse of discretion. Kaiser Found. Health Plan, Inc. v. Abbott Labs., Inc., 552 F.3d 1033, 1042 (9th Cir.2009). Finally, we evaluate the district court’s denial of a motion to reconsider a magistrate judge’s pretrial discovery order under a “clearly erroneous or contrary to law” standard. Rivera v. NIBCO, Inc., 364 F.3d 1057, 1063 (9th Cir.2004).

We affirm the district court’s discovery and evidentiary decisions. 2 The…

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