Mairi Tanedo v. East Baton Rouge Parish School

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MAIRI NUNAG -TANEDO ; INGRID No. 11-57064

CRUZ; DONNABEL ESCUADRA ;

ROLANDO PASCUAL; TOMASA MARI, D.C. No. on behalf of themselves and other 8:10-cv-01172- similarly situated individuals, JAK-MLG Plaintiffs-Appellees,

v. OPINION

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH

SCHOOL BOARD ,

Defendant,

and

ROBERT B. SILVERMAN ; SILVERMAN

& ASSOCIATES, INC., Defendants-Appellants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California John A. Kronstadt, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 12, 2013—Pasadena, California

Filed March 27, 2013 TANEDO V . EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCH . BD .

Before: Marsha S. Berzon and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges, and James G. Carr, Senior District Judge.*

Opinion by Judge Berzon

SUMMARY**

Appellate Jurisdiction

The panel dismissed for lack of jurisdiction an appeal from the denial of a motion for immunity from liability under the Noerr-Pennington doctrine, which protects the First Amendment right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Joining…