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o rn iaC o n s titu tio n . T o b e a c tio n ab le u n d e rth e C a lif o rn ia C on st i tut i on , “ i nv as i on s of pri vacym ustbe suff i ci ent l y s er i ou s i n thei r nature, sc op e, and actual or po t ent i al i m pactt o con st i tut e an egregi ou s bre ac h o f the soci al no rm s und er l yi ng the pri vacyri gh t . ” Hi l l v. N at ’l C ol legi at e A thl et i c A ss ’n , 865 P .2 d 6 3 3 , 6 5 5 (C al. 1 9 9 4 ). T h er e is n o fa ctu al o r leg al su p p o rt fo r S tern ’s c ont e nt i on tha tthe di s c l os ur e of hi s l i s t s e rv pos tr i s e s t o thi s hi gh s t a nda r d. 2 . T h e d is tr ic t c o u rt a ls o p r o p e r ly g r a n te d d e f e n d a n ts ’ m o tio n s to di sm i ss w i th res pectt o S t ern’ s c l ai m s und erthe C om pu t erF raud and A bu se A ct ( C F A A ) , the S t or e d C om m uni c a t i ons A c t( S C A ) , a nd C a l i f orni aP e na l C ode § 5 0 2 (c)(3 ). B ecau se S t ern al l eg ed th atR o b ertW ei n st ei n h ad p erm i ssi o n t o access3

the l i s t s e rv, R obe rtW e i ns t e i n di d nota c c e s s ac om put e r“ w i thoutauthor i z a t i on” or “e x c e e d [ ] au th o r iz e d a c c e s s ” in v io la tio n o f 1 8 U .S .C . § 1 0 3 0 ( a ) ( C F A A ) , n o rd id he “ ac ce ss [] w i tho utautho ri za t i on ” or “ exce ed[] an autho ri za t i on t o acc es s” a com pu t eri n v i ol at i on of 18 U . S . C . § 2 70 1(a) (S C A ). T hi s i s true e ven i f R ob ert W e i ns t e i n vi ol a t e d r e s tr i c t i ons on the us e of the i nf orm a t i on he a c c e s s e d by f o rw a r d in g th e p o s t to S a r aW e in s te in . Se e U ni te d State s v . N

os al , 676 F . 3d 854, 8 6 3 - 6 4 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 1 2 ) ( e n b a n c ) ; L V R CH oldi ngs L L Cv. B re kka , 581 F . 3d 1127, 1135 ( 9th C i r . 2009) . S t e rn doe s notc ont e nd tha tC a l i f orni aP e na l C ode § 502( c ) ( 3) , w hi c h pr ohi bi t s “ [ k] now i ngl y a nd w i thoutpe rm i s s i on us [ i ng] or caus[i ng ] t o b e use d com pu t erse rvi ce s, ” s ho ul d b e c on strued any di ff er ent l y than th e C F A A a n d th e S C A . B ec ause R ob ertW ei nst ei n d i d n otcom m i tan un derl yi ng vi ol at i on , S ar a W e in s te in c a n n o t b e liab le u n d e ra n y th e o ry o f d e r iv a tiv e liab ility . W ith r e s p e c t to di re ctl i abi l i ty, S t ern’ s unado rned al l egat i on s thatS ar a W ei nst ei n g ai ned, w as gi ven, w as perm i tt ed, or w as prov i ded w i th u nautho ri ze d acc es s t o the l i st se rv s e rve r“ a m ountt o nothi ng m or e tha n a‘ f orm ul a i c r e c i t a t i on of

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a c tio n a t is s u e h e r e . A s hc r of t v . I qbal , 556 U . S . 662, 681 ( 2009) ( quot i ng B e ll A tla n tic C o r p . v . T w o m b ly , 550 U . S . 544, 555 ( 2007) ) . T he y a r e thus in s u f f ic ie n t to s u rv iv e am o tio n to d is m is s . Id .4

3 . T h e d istrict co u rt d idn o t ab u se it s d iscr etio n in d en yin g S tern ’s m ot i on t o further a m end h i s c om pl ai ntt o add cl ai m s f or theft , re ce i vi ng st ol en p r o p e r ty , a n d v io la tio n s o f C a lif o rn iaB u s in e s s a n d P r o f e s s io n s C o d e § 1 7 2 0 0 . S t ern h ad tw i ce previ ou sl y a m ended the com pl ai nt , hi s r equest s t o am end w er e p r o c e d u r a lly im p r o p e r , a n d h is p r o p o s e d a m e n d m e n ts w o u ld h a v e b e e n f u tile . See A lle n v . C ity o

f B e v e r ly Hills , 91 1 F . 2d 36 7, 37 3 (9th C i r. 19 90 ). 4 . T h e d istrict co u rt d idn o t errin g ra n ti n g su m m ar y ju d g m en t o n S tern ’s c opy r i ghtc l a i m s . S t e rn’ s pos ti s notc opy r i ght abl e be c aus e i tl a c ks the “ m odi c um o f c r e a tiv ity ” n e c e s s a ry to s a tis f y th e o r ig in a lity r e q u ir e m e n t o f th e C o p y r ig h t A c t. Fe is t P ubl ’ ns , I

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s o 1 7 U . S. C. § 1 0 2 ( a ) ( “C o p y r ig h t p r o te c tio n s u b s is ts . . . in o r ig in a l w o rk s o f au th o r s h ip . . .” ) . B e c aus e w e c onc l ude tha tS t e rn’ s pos ti s notc opy r i ght abl e , w e do notr e a c h the di stri ctcourt ’ s a l t ernat i ve ho l di ng thatthe defendant s’ use w as fa i r. 5 . T h e d i stri ctco u rtd i d n o tab u se i t s d i scret i o n i n aw ard i n g att o rn eys’ f e e s u n d e rth e C o p y r ig h t A c t. See 17 U . S . C . § 5 05 . T he defendant s’ succ es s w as t o t al , S t ern ’ s cl ai m s w ere n o to b j ect i v el y reaso n ab l e, an d an aw ard o f att o rn eys’ f e e s i n thi s c a s e w oul d de t e runj us t i f i e d l a w s ui t s w i thoutunde rm i ni ng the va l ue of5

c o p y r ig h t p r o te c tio n . Se e L ov e v . A s s oc i ate d N e w s pape rs , L td. , 611 F . 3d 601, 614- 1 5 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 1 0 ) . 6 . N o r d idth e d istrict co u rt ab u se it s d iscr etio n in d en yin g S tern ’s appl i ca t i on t o rec use Jud ge G ee . T he cond uctcom pl ai ned o f di d n otst em fr om an extra j ud i ci al source and fal l s f arshortof “ di spl ay [i ng ] such a deep-s ea t ed fa vo ri t i sm or ant agon i sm . . . as t o m ake f ai r j ud gm enti m po ss i bl e. ” L i tek y v . U ni ted Stat es , 5 1 0 U .S . 5 4 0 , 5 5 5 ( 1 9 9 4 ) . 7. S t ern con t ends on appeal thathi s c om pl ai ntst at es a c l ai m for bre ac h o f c o n f id e n tia lity u n d e rC a lif

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or e the di s tr i c tc ourta nd the di s tr i c tc our tdi d notde c i de i t , w e de c l i ne to r e s o lv e th e q u e s tio n f o rth e f ir s t tim e o n ap p e a l. Se e Cr uzv . I nt ’ l C ol le c t i on C or p. , 67 3 F . 3d 99 1, 99 8-99 (9th C i r. 20 12 ). A FFI R M ED .