Yang

MEMORANDUM **

Appellants Y.C. Yang (“Yang”) and Eugene Zwoyer (“Zwoyer”) (collectively “Appellants”) appeal the district court’s grant of a motion for judgment on the pleadings in favor of Appellee DAR Al-Handash Consultants (“DAR” or “Appellee”) under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c) (“Rule 12(c)”). 1 We affirm.

We review a Rule 12(c) judgment on the pleadings de novo. General Conference Corp. of Seventh-Day Adventists v. Seventh-Day Adventist Congregational Church, 887 F.2d 228, 230 (9th Cir.1989). We affirm the district court’s decision because, taking Appellants’ allegations in the pleading as true, the Appellee established it is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.

Before turning to the substantive issues, we first consider whether the district court erred in considering materials beyond the pleadings. Appellants contend that the district court erred in considering the terms of the disputed contracts as well as orders issued in the prior state court actions that also concerned these contracts. We disagree.

Contrary to Appellants’, position, the district court did not err in considering materials beyond the pleadings. When considering a judgment on the pleadings,…