Legal Opinion
Sgt. Jeffrey Sarver v. Nicolas Chartier
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 17, 2016No. 11-56986, 12-55429PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether the district court properly applied California’s Anti-Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (anti-SLAPP) statute when it dismissed Army Sergeant Jeffrey Sarver’s lawsuit relating to the Oscar-winning film The Hurt Locker.
I
A
Sergeant Jeffrey Sarver joined the United States Army in 1991. During parts of 2004 and 2005, he served as one of approximately 150 Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians in Iraq. Sarver led one of three teams in the 788th Ordnance Company whose principal duty was to identify, make safe, and dispose of…
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