Opinion
No. 18-17267
12-13-2019
CRAIG GOTTLIEB; SAUD A.H. KHOKHAR, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and GIMMIGELT, INC., Plaintiff, v. ALPHABET INC.; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 5:17-cv-06860-EJD MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Edward J. Davila, District Judge, Presiding Before: WALLACE, CANBY, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
Craig Gottlieb and Saud A.H. Khokhar appeal pro se from the district court's summary judgment in their action alleging federal and state law claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Kam-Ko Bio-Pharm Trading Co., Ltd. v. Mayne Pharma (USA) Inc., 560 F.3d 935, 939 (9th Cir. 2009). We may affirm on any ground supported by the record. Godecke ex rel. United States v. Kinetic Concepts, Inc., 937 F.3d 1201, 1213 (9th Cir. 2019). We affirm.
Summary judgment on Gottlieb and Khokhar's claims was proper because allowing Gottlieb and Khokhar to advocate the claims pro se "would eviscerate the requirement that corporations and other entities be represented by counsel." D-Beam, Ltd. P'ship v. Roller Derby Skates, Inc., 366 F.3d 972, 974 (9th Cir. 2004).
We do not consider Gottlieb and Khokhar's contentions regarding the district court's summary judgment on plaintiff Gimmigelt, Inc.'s claims.
AFFIRMED.