Currier

MEMORANDUM **

Paul Talcott Currier and two corporate defendants, Communication Bridge USA, Inc. (CBUSA) and Communication Bridge Global, Inc. (CBG) (collectively, “Currier”), appeal from the district court’s judgment dismissing their action against multiple defendants alleging RICO conspiracies involving the worldwide telecommunications industry. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm.

The district court did not err in its April 28, 2005, order dismissing with prejudice all claims in the First Amended Complaint (FAC) against the nine moving defendants. The claims against MCI and the Covad Communications Group were properly dismissed as barred by MCI and Covad’s respective bankruptcy filings. The district court did not err when it held that Currier had not demonstrated the “extraordinary circumstances” required to invoke the doctrine of equitable tolling. See Spitsyn v. Moore, 345 F.3d 796, 799 (9th Cir.2003). Currier did not raise the issue of equitable estoppel in the district court and, therefore, has waived that argument.

The district court also did not err in holding that Currier’s claims against Richard Schneider were barred by a settlement agreement…