Gilbert Riley v. Quantumscape Corporation

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 1 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GILBERT RILEY, No. 23-15277

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 5:22-cv-03871-BLF

v.

MEMORANDUM*

QUANTUMSCAPE CORPORATION,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Beth Labson Freeman, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 9, 2024 San Francisco, California

Before: R. NELSON, FORREST, and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges.

The parties cross-moved in the district court to vacate or confirm an

arbitration award. The district court confirmed the award. We review the district

court’s legal determinations de novo, Johnson v. Gruma Corp., 614 F.3d 1062,

1065 (9th Cir. 2010), and any factual findings only for clear error, Woods v. Saturn

Distrib. Corp., 78 F.3d 424, 427 (9th Cir. 1996). We have jurisdiction under

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. U.S.C. § 16 and 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we…