Suzanne Ivie v. Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 19 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SUZANNE IVIE, No. 21-35978

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:19-cv-01657-JR

v.

MEMORANDUM*

ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS

LP,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Jolie A. Russo, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 8, 2022 Portland, Oregon

Before: CLIFTON and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges, and BAKER,** International Trade Judge. Dissent by Judge BUMATAY.

Plaintiff-Appellant Suzanne Ivie appeals the district court’s order granting the

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50(b) renewed motion for judgment as a matter of

law (“JMOL”) filed by Defendant-Appellee AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP,

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable M. Miller Baker, Judge for the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation. vacating a jury verdict for Ivie, and ruling that…