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Brian KOPEIKIN, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOONLIGHT BASIN MANAGEMENT, DBA Moonlight Basin Resort, LLC, Defendant-Appellee.
    No. 15-35186
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Argued and Submitted May 9, 2017 Seattle, Washington
    Filed May 18, 2017
    Shandor Badaruddin, Shandor S. Bada-ruddin, Missoula, MT, Troy L. Booher, Beth E. Kennedy, Attorneys, Zimmerman Jones Booher, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Appellant
    Ian McIntosh, Attorney, Crowley Fleck PLLP, Bozeman, MT, for Defendant-Ap-pellee
    Before: McKEOWN, BEA, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
   MEMORANDUM

The parties are familiar with the facts so we will not recite them here. We review de novo the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Moonlight Basin Management, LLC. See Fontana v. Haskin, 262 F.3d 871, 876 (9th Cir. 2001). Dr. Brian Kopeikin appeals that ruling on the ground that the evidence supports sufficient inferences to charge Moonlight Basin with constructive knowledge of the rocks that caused Kopeikin’s injuries, and therefore avoid summary judgment with respect to Moonlight Basin’s negligence liability despite Montana’s Skier Responsibility statutes. See Mont. Code Ann. §§ 23-2-702, -731, -733, -736. We need not address the scope of the statutes here. Even if we accept Kopeikin’s construction of these provisions, there is no genuine dispute as to a material fact with respect to Moonlight Basin’s alleged constructive knowledge of the rocks that caused Kopeikin’s injuries. And, as Kopeikin acknowledged, there is no evidence that Moonlight Basin had actual knowledge of the rocks at the time of Kopeikin’s accident. ■

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.