UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

METAL JEANS, INC., a Nevada No. 19-55923 corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:15-cv-08987- v. DDP-RAO

METAL SPORT, INC.; DOES, 1–50, Defendants-Appellees, OPINION

and

ANO VELI SAMUEL TURTIAINEN, Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Dean D. Pregerson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 11, 2020 Pasadena, California

Filed February 16, 2021

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges, and Timothy Hillman, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge VanDyke

* The Honorable Timothy Hillman, United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, sitting by designation. 2 METAL JEANS V. METAL SPORT

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