Joseph Anthony Diaz; Luis Ramon Campas v. State of Arizona, a separate entity

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JOSEPH ANTHONY DIAZ; LUIS
RAMON CAMPAS,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
v.
STATE OF ARIZONA, a separate entity
and in its capacity as the Arizona State
Boxing Commission; JANET A.
NAPOLITANO, in her capacity as ex-
Governor; EARL VANCE WILCOX, in
his individual and representative capacity
as Ex-Special Assistant to the Governor;
MARY ROSE WILCOX, in her individual
and representative capacity as ex-member
of the Arizona State Boxing Commission
and as Supervisor of District 5, Maricopa
County Board of Supervisors; JOHN
MONTANO, in his individual and
representative capacity as the Ex-
Executive Director and/or Assistant
Director of the Arizona State Boxing
Commission or Boxing Director;
COUNTY OF MARICOPA, a municipal
entity and in its capacity as the Maricopa
County Board of Supervisors; RICHARD
M. ROMLEY, an ex-Acting Maricopa
No. 12-16103
DC No. 2:11-cv-02337-FJM
MEMORANDUM*
FILED
FEB 19 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Cir. R. 36-3.

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County Attorney; PETER MCKINN, III,
an individual and as an employee of Top
Rank Incorporated; TOP RANK
INCORPORATED, a corporation, as a
separate entity; GABRIEL ESQUEDA, an
individual and as an employee of Top
Rank and/or Peter McKinn III; BRUCE
TRAMPLER, an employee of Top Rank;
BOB ARUM, an employee of Top Rank,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Frederick J. Martone, Senior District Judge, Presiding
Submitted February 14, 2014**
San Francisco, California
Before: TALLMAN and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and GARBIS, Senior
District Judge.***
Joseph Diaz and Luis Campas brought a 20-count, 51-page complaint
against a dozen defendants. Diaz and Campas claim that one defendant wrote them
a bad check, and that when they tried to have that defendant prosecuted, the other
defendants retaliated against them by, among other things, taking away their
boxing licenses. (Diaz is a trainer and Campas a boxer.) The district court granted
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
*** The Honorable Marvin J. Garbis, Senior District Judge for the United
States District Court for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.

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the defendants’ motions to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure. Campas and Diaz appeal. Jurisdiction lies under 28 U.S.C.
§ 1291. We review de novo, Knievel v. ESPN, 393 F.3d 1068, 1072 (9th Cir.
2005), and affirm for the reasons stated by the district court.
AFFIRMED.
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