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James K. SONG; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Adam E. Engel, Appellant, v. Aaron DRENBERG, Defendant-Appellee, Alexa Pettinari; Mark L. Pettinari, Defendants.
MEMORANDUM *
Plaintiffs-Appellants James K. Song, FaircapX, Inc., Mithrandir, Inc., Faircap Partners, LLC, and Faircap Angels, Inc., and Appellant Adam E. Engel, appeal various discovery rulings after Plaintiffs-Appellants voluntarily dismissed their case without prejudice before the district court.1 Our jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 extends only to appeals from “final decisions.” We lack jurisdiction over this appeal because a voluntary dismissal without prejudice is generally not a final judgment, see Galaza v. Wolf, 954 F.3d 1267, 1270 (9th Cir. 2020) (“We have ․ ruled that a voluntary dismissal without prejudice is ordinarily not a final judgment from which the plaintiff may appeal.” (emphasis in original) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)), and no exception to that general rule applies here. See id. at 1272; see also James v. Price Stern Sloan, Inc., 283 F.3d 1064, 1070 (9th Cir. 2002).
Moreover, the discovery rulings challenged by appellants are not immediately appealable under the collateral order doctrine. See Mohawk Indus., Inc. v. Carpenter, 558 U.S. 100, 103, 113, 130 S.Ct. 599, 175 L.Ed.2d 458 (2009); Cunningham v. Hamilton County, 527 U.S. 198, 200, 210, 119 S.Ct. 1915, 144 L.Ed.2d 184 (1999); Sali v. Corona Reg'l Med. Ctr., 884 F.3d 1218, 1221 n.3, 1221–22 (9th Cir. 2018); Admiral Ins. Co. v. U.S. Dist. Ct. for Dist. of Arizona, 881 F.2d 1486, 1490 (9th Cir. 1989).
Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
DISMISSED.
FOOTNOTES
1. Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we recite them here only as necessary.
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Docket No: No. 19-17450
Decided: June 21, 2021
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
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