Case Name: Tony PEROULIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Zachary Apollo KRISTON, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-10-04
Citations: 540 F. App'x 807
Docket Number: No. 12-15147
Parties: Tony PEROULIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Zachary Apollo KRISTON, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: RAWLINSON, N.R. SMITH, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 540
Pages: 807–809

Head Matter:
Tony PEROULIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Zachary Apollo KRISTON, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-15147.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 24, 2018.
Filed Oct. 4, 2013.
E. Robert Spear, Esquire, General, Remmel & Spear, LLP, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Zachary Apollo Kriston, Las Vegas, NV, pro se.
Before: RAWLINSON, N.R. SMITH, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument, and therefore, denies Kriston’s request for oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Zachary Apollo Kriston appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment against him in plaintiffs diversity action alleging, among other claims, embezzlement, breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and alter ego liability. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Morrison v. Hall, 261 F.3d 896, 900 (9th Cir.2001), and we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment on plaintiffs embezzlement claim because Kriston failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether he misappropriated funds for his own personal use that plaintiff entrusted to him for investment in a proposed business venture.
The district court properly granted summary judgment on plaintiffs claims for breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing because Kriston failed to raise a triable dispute as to whether the parties entered into valid contracts that imposed obligations with whose letter and spirit Kriston failed to comply, causing plaintiff damage. See Hilton Hotels v. Butch Lewis Prods., Inc., 109 Nev. 1043, 862 P.2d 1207, 1209 (1993) (per curiam) (elements breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing claim); Bernard v. Rockhill Dev. Co., 103 Nev. 132, 734 P.2d 1238, 1240 (1987) (per curiam) (elements of breach of contract claim).
The district court properly granted summary judgment on plaintiffs alter ego liability claim because Kriston failed to raise a triable dispute as to whether Kriston lacked a controlling interest in the two entities through which he solicited funds for investment in the business venture at issue, and whether the corporate form was abused to hide money and avoid liabilities. See LFC Mktg. Group, Inc. v. Loomis, 116 Nev. 896, 8 P.3d 841, 845-46 (2000) (per curiam) (discussing piercing the corporate veil and "reverse" piercing based on alter ego liability).
Kriston's contentions regarding the need for more discovery, and with respect to plaintiffs alleged fraud against him, fraud on the court, and abuse of process are unpersuasive.
Kriston's requests for disqualification of plaintiffs counsel, to strike plaintiffs supplemental excerpts of records, and to reinstate his mandamus petition, set forth in his reply brief, are denied.
Kriston's motion for judicial notice is granted. See Fed.R.Evid. 201. Plaintiffs motion for judicial notice, set forth in his answering brief, is granted. See id.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.