In re Diamond Foods Derivative Litigation

Full title: In re: DIAMOND FOODS, INC. DERIVATIVE LITIGATION, DAVE LUCIA, derivatively…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: May 19, 2014

575 F. App'x 716 (9th Cir. 2014)

Opinion

Argued and Submitted, San Francisco, California May 12, 2014

NOT FOR PUBLICATION. (See Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 32.1)

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. D.C. Nos. 3:11-cv-05692-WHA, 3:11-cv-06417-WHA. William Alsup, District Judge, Presiding.

For DAVE LUCIA, derivately on behalf of Diamond Foods, Inc., Plaintiff - Appellant: Francis A. Bottini, Jr., Esquire, Attorney, Albert Y. Chang, Esquire, Attorney, Bottini & Bottini, Inc., La Jolla, CA; Keith Michael Cochran, Attorney, Chapin Fitzgerald LLP, San Diego, CA.

For MICHAEL J. MENDES, Defendant - Appellee: Sara Beth Brody, Attorney, Naomi A. Igra, Esquire, Robert B. Martin, III, Attorney, SIDLEY AUSTIN, LLP San Francisco, CA.

For STEVEN M. NEIL, Defendant - Appellee: Norman Jeffrey Blears, Esquire, Attorney, Sidley Austin LLP, Palo Alto, CA; Maren Jessica Clouse, Esquire, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Palo Alto, CA; Michael J. Shepard, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, San Francisco, CA.

For LAURENCE M. BAER, GLEN C. WARREN, Jr., RICHARD G. WOLFORD, ROBERT J. ZOLLARS, Defendants - Appellees: Paul Jeffrey Collins, Esquire, Steven J. Johnson, Esquire, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Palo Alto, CA; Ethan Douglas Dettmer, Esquire, Attorney, Joseph Craig Hansen, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Jonathan C. Dickey, Esquire, Attorney, George A. Schieren, Esquire, Attorney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY.

For EDWARD A. BLECHSCHMIDT, Defendant - Appellee: Paul Jeffrey Collins, Esquire, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Palo Alto, CA; Ethan Douglas Dettmer, Esquire, Attorney, Joseph Craig Hansen, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Jonathan C. Dickey, Esquire, Attorney, George A. Schieren, Esquire, Attorney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Susan S. Muck, Esquire, Attorney, Fenwick & West LLP, San Francisco, CA.

For JOHN J. GILBERT, Defendant - Appellee: Steven Andrew Hong, Attorney, James N. Kramer, Senior Litigation Attorney, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA.

For ROBERT M. LEA, Defendant - Appellee: James N. Kramer, Senior Litigation Attorney, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA.

For ESTATE OF JOSEPH P. SILVEIRA, Defendant - Appellee: Jonathan Gaskin, Esquire, Attorney, Kaufhold Gaskin LLP, San Francisco, CA; Steven Kaufhold, Attorney, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, San Francisco, CA.

For DENNIS MUSSELL, Defendant - Appellee: Sean M. Gaffney, Esquire, Attorney, S. Todd Neal, Sean Michael Sullivan, Attorney, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, San Diego, CA.

For DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP, Defendant - Appellee: Dale Eugene Barnes, Jr., Esquire, Attorney, Elisa M. Cervantes, Anne Kaldor Sauro, Bingham McCutchen LLP, San Francisco, CA.

For DIAMOND FOODS, INC., Defendant - Appellee: Dean S. Kristy, Esquire, Jennifer Corinne Bretan, Attorney, Susan S. Muck, Esquire, Attorney, Fenwick & West LLP, San Francisco, CA.

Before: D.W. NELSON, McKEOWN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

MEMORANDUM ^*

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Dave Lucia appeals from the district court's judgment dismissing this shareholder derivative suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and denying leave to amend the First Amended Complaint. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and adopt the well-reasoned decision of the district court.

The parties' requests for judicial notice are granted.

AFFIRMED.