Shimko

MEMORANDUM **

Attorney Timothy Shimko filed an action seeking unpaid attorneys fees from Richard Ross and David Goldfarb. Ross and Goldfarb had interests in CORF Licensing Services, L.P., and CORF Management Services, L.P. (collectively, the “CORF entities”). The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Ross and Goldfarb on each of Shimko’s claims, and Shimko timely appealed. Because the parties are aware of the facts of this case, we do not recount them here.

We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm in part, reverse in part and remand for further proceedings.

We review the district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo, “viewing the facts in a light most favorable to [the non-moving party] and drawing all reasonable inferences in his favor.” Flint v. Dennison, 488 F.3d 816, 825-26 (9th Cir.2007). In ruling on a motion for summary judgment, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(c) instructs that “[t]he judgment sought shall be rendered forthwith if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact____”

Although the…