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GARCIA v. GOOGLE, INC.

No. 12-57302.

743 F.3d 1258 (2014)

Cindy Lee GARCIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GOOGLE, INC., a Delaware Corporation; YouTube, LLC, a California limited liability company, Defendants-Appellees, and Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, an individual, aka Sam Bacile; Mark Basseley Youssef; Abanob Basseley Nakoula; Matthew Nekola; Ahmed Hamdy; Amal Nada; Daniel K. Caresman; Kritbag Difrat; Sobhi Bushra; Robert Bacily; Nicola Bacily; Thomas J. Tanas; Erwin Salameh; Yousseff M. Basseley; Malid Ahlawi, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 26, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Cris Armenta (argued), The Armenta Law Firm APC, Los Angeles, CA and Credence Sol , Chauvigny, France, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Timothy L. Alger (argued) and Sunita Bali , Perkins Coie LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, RONALD M. GOULD and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:

While answering a casting call for a low-budget amateur film doesn't often lead to stardom, it also rarely turns an aspiring actress into the subject of a fatwa. But that's exactly what happened to Cindy Lee Garcia when she agreed to act in a film with the working title "Desert Warrior."

The film's writer and producer, Mark Basseley Youssef — who also goes by the names Nakoula Basseley Nakoula and Sam Bacile...

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