Case Name: Ezequiel GARCIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Shawn Butler, Plaintiff, v. Dikran MELKONIAN; Claudia Sapien; Javier Mora; Roger Ruggiero; Steven Chung, Defendants-Appellees; Ezequiel Garcia, Plaintiff, and Shawn Butler, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dikran Melkonian; Claudia Sapien; Javier Mora; Roger Ruggiero; Steven Chung, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-02-03
Citations: 55 F. App'x 483
Docket Number: Nos. 01-56668, 01-56675; D.C. Nos. CV-00-02033-R, CV-00-00230-R
Parties: Ezequiel GARCIA, Plaintiff—Appellant, and Shawn Butler, Plaintiff, v. Dikran MELKONIAN; Claudia Sapien; Javier Mora; Roger Ruggiero; Steven Chung, Defendants—Appellees. Ezequiel Garcia, Plaintiff, and Shawn Butler, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Dikran Melkonian; Claudia Sapien; Javier Mora; Roger Ruggiero; Steven Chung, Defendants—Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 55
Pages: 483–483

Head Matter:
Ezequiel GARCIA, Plaintiff—Appellant, and Shawn Butler, Plaintiff, v. Dikran MELKONIAN; Claudia Sapien; Javier Mora; Roger Ruggiero; Steven Chung, Defendants—Appellees. Ezequiel Garcia, Plaintiff, and Shawn Butler, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Dikran Melkonian; Claudia Sapien; Javier Mora; Roger Ruggiero; Steven Chung, Defendants—Appellees.
Nos. 01-56668, 01-56675.
D.C. Nos. CV-00-02033-R, CV-00-00230-R.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Jan. 17, 2003.
Decided Feb. 3, 2003.
Before FRIEDMAN, KOZINSKI and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
Daniel M. Friedman, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
The district court erred in granting defendants' Rule 50 motions because the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to plaintiffs, could easily support a verdict in their favor on the dismissed claims. See Santos v. Gates, 287 F.3d 846, 851 (9th Cir.2002). On remand, the case shall be assigned to another district judge. See United States v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 785 F.2d 777, 779-81 (9th Cir.1986).
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.