Jimmy Esebag v. Justin Whaley

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 16 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JIMMY ESEBAG, No. 23-55440

Plaintiff-counter- D.C. No. defendant-Appellant, 2:18-cv-08446-JAK-RAO

v.

MEMORANDUM*

JUSTIN WHALEY, an individual; et al.,

Defendants-counter- claimants-Appellees,

v.

UNITED LICENSING GROUP, INC., a California corporation,

Counter-defendant- Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California John A. Kronstadt, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 4, 2024 Pasadena, California

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

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Jimmy Esebag, Plaintiff-Appellant and Counter-Defendant, filed a lawsuit

against members of the Gyde Group for breach of contract. The Gyde Group

members agreed to pay Esebag $25 million in exchange for a 25% interest in United

Licensing Group (“ULG”), which owns the…