Case Name: Timothy W. MOSER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation Carl C. Gregory, III, an individual; Barry Barkley, an individual; Brandon Black, an individual, Defendants-Appellants, and Jefferies & Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Breen Murray & Company, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation; Roth Capital Partners, a California Limited Liability Company Robert M. Whyte, an individual; Alexander Lemond, an individual; Eric D. Kogan, an individual; Brian Schorr, an individual, Defendants; Timothy W. Moser, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Encore Capital Group, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation Carl C. Gregory, III, an individual; Barry Barkley, an individual; Brandon Black, an individual; Jefferies Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Breen Murray Company, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation; Roth Capital Partners, a California Limited Liability Company; Robert M. Whyte, an individual, Defendants, Brian Schorr, an individual, Defendant, and Alexander Lemond, an individual; Eric D. Kogan, an individual, Defendants-Appellants; Timothy W. Moser, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Encore Capital Group, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation Carl C. Gregory, III, an individual; Barry Barkley, an individual; Brandon Black, an individual; Jefferies Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Breen Murray Company, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation; Roth Capital Partners, a California Limited Liability Company; Robert M. Whyte, an individual; Alexander Lemond, an individual; Eric D. Kogan, an individual, Defendants, and Brian Schorr, an individual, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-07-28
Citations: 287 F. App'x 606
Docket Number: Nos. 06-55790, 07-56399, 07-56404
Parties: Timothy W. MOSER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation Carl C. Gregory, III, an individual; Barry Barkley, an individual; Brandon Black, an individual, Defendants-Appellants, and Jefferies & Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Breen Murray & Company, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation; Roth Capital Partners, a Cali fornia Limited Liability Company Robert M. Whyte, an individual; Alexander Lemond, an individual; Eric D. Kogan, an individual; Brian Schorr, an individual, Defendants. Timothy W. Moser, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Encore Capital Group, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation Carl C. Gregory, III, an individual; Barry Barkley, an individual; Brandon Black, an individual; Jefferies Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Breen Murray Company, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation; Roth Capital Partners, a California Limited Liability Company; Robert M. Whyte, an individual, Defendants, Brian Schorr, an individual, Defendant, and Alexander Lemond, an individual; Eric D. Kogan, an individual, Defendants-Appellants. Timothy W. Moser, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Encore Capital Group, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation Carl C. Gregory, III, an individual; Barry Barkley, an individual; Brandon Black, an individual; Jefferies Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Breen Murray Company, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation; Roth Capital Partners, a California Limited Liability Company; Robert M. Whyte, an individual; Alexander Lemond, an individual; Eric D. Kogan, an individual, Defendants, and Brian Schorr, an individual, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 287
Pages: 606–608

Head Matter:
Timothy W. MOSER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation Carl C. Gregory, III, an individual; Barry Barkley, an individual; Brandon Black, an individual, Defendants-Appellants, and Jefferies & Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Breen Murray & Company, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation; Roth Capital Partners, a Cali fornia Limited Liability Company Robert M. Whyte, an individual; Alexander Lemond, an individual; Eric D. Kogan, an individual; Brian Schorr, an individual, Defendants. Timothy W. Moser, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Encore Capital Group, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation Carl C. Gregory, III, an individual; Barry Barkley, an individual; Brandon Black, an individual; Jefferies Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Breen Murray Company, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation; Roth Capital Partners, a California Limited Liability Company; Robert M. Whyte, an individual, Defendants, Brian Schorr, an individual, Defendant, and Alexander Lemond, an individual; Eric D. Kogan, an individual, Defendants-Appellants. Timothy W. Moser, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Encore Capital Group, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation Carl C. Gregory, III, an individual; Barry Barkley, an individual; Brandon Black, an individual; Jefferies Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Breen Murray Company, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation; Roth Capital Partners, a California Limited Liability Company; Robert M. Whyte, an individual; Alexander Lemond, an individual; Eric D. Kogan, an individual, Defendants, and Brian Schorr, an individual, Defendant-Appellant.
Nos. 06-55790, 07-56399, 07-56404.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted July 17, 2008.
Filed July 28, 2008.
Anthony J. Dain, Kendra J. Hall, Frederic G. Ludwig, III, Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Thomas V. Reichert, Bird Marella, et al., PC, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellants.
Jason D. Kogan, Bird Marella, et al., PC, Los Angeles, CA, Earll M. Pott, Coughlan Semmer and Lipman, San Diego, CA, for Defendants.
Before: SILVERMAN, RAWLINSON, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Appellant Encore Capital Group and individual defendants appeal the district court's denial of their special motion to strike pursuant to California's antiSLAPP law, Cal.Code Civ. Proc. § 425.16. Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we do not set them forth here. We have jurisdiction to hear this case under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Batzel v. Smith, 333 F.3d 1018, 1024-25 (9th Cir.2003).
We affirm. The filing of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission does not constitute a "writing made before" or "in connection with an issue under consideration or review by" an "official proceeding authorized by law" within the meaning of California Code of Civil Procedure § 425.16(e)(1) and (e)(2).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
. We do not consider whether it is a "writing made in connection with an issue under consideration or review" by an "executive . body," Cal.Code Civ. Proc. § 425.16(e)(2), because that argument was not presented in Appellant's opening brief, nor before the district court. Indep. Towers of Wash. v. Wash., 350 F.3d 925, 929 (9th Cir.2003).