Lance Laber, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MILBERG LLP (2018)

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Philip BOBBITT, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; et al., Plaintiffs, Lance Laber, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MILBERG LLP; et al., Defendants-Appellees.

No. 13-15812

Decided: February 01, 2018

Before: THOMAS, Chief Judge, OWENS, Circuit Judge, and BATTAGLIA,* District Judge.

Roger James George, Jr., Trial Attorney, Gary Lewis, George & Brothers LLP, Austin, TX, Robert H. McKirgan, Attorney, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Ryan Trent Shelton, Hohmann, Brophy & Shelton, PLLC, Austin, TX, for Plaintiffs Philip Bobbitt, John J. Sampson Robert B. Carey, Esquire, Attorney, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiffs John Hall, Brenda Hall Lawrence Kasten, Robert H. McKirgan, Attorney, Daniel A. Arellano, Todd Daniel Erb, Esquire, Brian J. Pollock, Attorney, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Gary Lewis, George & Brothers LLP, Austin, TX, Ryan Trent Shelton, Hohmann, Brophy & Shelton, PLLC, Austin, TX, for Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellant Peter Akmajian, Michele Guy Thompson, Udall Law Firm LLP, Tucson, AZ, Gregory P.N. Joseph, Jeffrey Harrison Zaiger, Esquire, Attorney, Joseph Hage Aaronson LLC, New York, NY, Douglas J. Pepe, Gregory P. Joseph Law Offices, LLC, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees Milberg LLP, Melvyn I. Weiss, Michael C. Spencer, Janine Lee Pollack, Lee A. Weiss, Brian C. Ker Peter Akmajian, Michele Guy Thompson, Udall Law Firm LLP, Tucson, AZ, Kathleen Marie Rogers, Slutes, Sakrison & Rogers, P.C., Tucson, AZ, for Defendants-Appellees Uitz & Associates, Ronald A. Uitz Steven Leach, Donald L. Myles, Jr., Esquire, Attorney, Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C., Phoenix, AZ, for Defendants-Appellees Lustigman Firm, Sheldon S. Lustigman, Andre B. Lustigman Peter Akmajian, Michele Guy Thompson, Udall Law Firm LLP, Tucson, AZ, Noel Christian Capps, Esquire, Attorney, John Anthony Klecan, Esquire, Steven G. Mesaros, Renaud Cook Drury Mesaros, PA, Phoenix, AZ, Ronald M. Lehman, Attorney, Gabroy Rollman & Bosse PC, Tucson, AZ, for Defendants-Appellees Gabroy Rollman & Bosse PC, John Gabroy, Ronald M. Lehman

ORDER

This case returns to us pursuant to the Supreme Court's order remanding in light of Microsoft Corp. v. Baker, ––– U.S. ––––, 137 S.Ct. 1702, 198 L.Ed.2d 132 (2017).

When the district court denied class certification in this case, Plaintiffs Philip Bobbitt and John J. Sampson stipulated to voluntary dismissal with prejudice of their personal claims, and Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellant Lance Laber intervened solely for the purpose of appealing the denial of class certification. In Microsoft, the Supreme Court held that 28 U.S.C. § 1291 does not establish jurisdiction over an appeal from a denial of class certification where the named plaintiffs have stipulated to the dismissal with prejudice of their individual claims in order to obtain a final judgment. 137 S.Ct. at 1715. As that is precisely the procedural posture here, this court lacks appellate jurisdiction over this case. Cf. Brown v. Cinemark USA, Inc., 876 F.3d 1199, 1201 (9th Cir. 2017).

Accordingly, we DISMISS this appeal for lack of jurisdiction. The parties shall bear their own fees and costs on appeal. A certified copy of this order shall constitute the mandate.

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