Wine Education Council v. Grant Winthrop

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 20 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WINE EDUCATION COUNCIL, a No. 23-15984 Delaware non-profit corporation, D.C. No. 2:19-cv-02235-SMB Plaintiff-Appellee,

v. MEMORANDUM*

ARIZONA RANGERS,

Defendant-third-party- plaintiff-Appellee

v.

GRANT G. WINTHROP,

Third-party-defendant- counter-claimant-Appellant,

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Susan M. Brnovich, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 4, 2024 San Francisco, California

Before: MILLER and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges, and BENNETT,** District

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Richard D. Bennett, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation. Judge.

Grant Winthrop appeals three district court decisions: (1) the award of

attorneys’ fees to the Arizona Rangers (“Rangers”), (2) the denial of his motion to

amend the…