Sluimer v. Verity, Inc.

 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT HUGO SLUIMER,  No. 09-15128 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 3:08-cv-01220-SI VERITY, INC., a corporation; THE  Northern District of VERITY INC. CHANGE IN California, CONTROL AND SEVERANCE BENEFIT San Francisco PLAN, ORDER Defendants-Appellants.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Susan Illston, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted May 12, 2010—San Francisco, California Filed May 20, 2010 Before: Procter Hug, Jr., Pamela Ann Rymer and M. Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judges. COUNSEL Gregory L. Doll, Doll Amir & Eley LLP, Los Angeles, Cali- fornia, for the appellants. William Reilly, Rimac Martin, PC, San Francisco, California, for the appellee. 7187 7188 SLUIMER v. VERITY, INC. ORDER We affirm for the reasons stated by the district court in its published opinion at 628 F. Supp. 2d 1099 (N.D. Cal. 2008), attached as Appendix A. AFFIRMED. SLUIMER v. VERITY, INC. 7189 APPENDIX A 7190 SLUIMER v. VERITY, INC. SLUIMER v. VERITY, INC. 7191 7192 SLUIMER v. VERITY, INC. SLUIMER v. VERITY, INC. 7193 7194 SLUIMER v. VERITY, INC. SLUIMER v. VERITY, INC. 7195 7196 SLUIMER v. VERITY, INC. SLUIMER v. VERITY, INC. 7197 7198 SLUIMER v. VERITY, INC. SLUIMER v. VERITY, INC. 7199 7200 SLUIMER v. VERITY, INC. SLUIMER v. VERITY, INC. 7201 7202 SLUIMER v. VERITY, INC. SLUIMER v. VERITY, INC. 7203 7204 SLUIMER v. VERITY, INC. SLUIMER v. VERITY, INC. 7205 7206 SLUIMER v. VERITY, INC.