Kim v. Hoseney

ORDER

Yoon J. Kim appeals from the dismissal of her lawsuit for failure to state a claim. Kim holds two patents for compounds that aid bread-making. After losing three patent-infringement suits, she sued Russell C. Hoseney, who testified in two of these suits that her patents were invalid. Kim’s complaint — removed from state to federal court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction — alleges that Hoseney committed fraud and perjury when testifying in those cases. Kim also complains that attorneys who represented the plaintiffs in those two suits breached their professional ethics. Because…