UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

OBSIDIAN FINANCE GROUP, LLC; No. 12-35238 KEVIN D. PADRICK, Plaintiffs-Appellees, D.C. No. 3:11-cv-00057- v. HZ CRYSTAL COX, Defendant-Appellant.

OBSIDIAN FINANCE GROUP, LLC; No. 12-35319 KEVIN D. PADRICK, Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No. 3:11-cv-00057- v. HZ CRYSTAL COX, Defendant-Appellee. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Marco A. Hernandez, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 6, 2013—Portland, Oregon

Filed January 17, 2014 2 OBSIDIAN FINANCE GROUP V. COX

Before: Arthur L. Alarcón, Milan D. Smith, Jr., and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Hurwitz

SUMMARY*

Defamation

The panel affirmed in part