GASKELL v. WEIR

No. 92-16769.

10 F.3d 626 (1993)

Fred R. GASKELL, et al., Plaintiffs, and Richard A. Canatella, Appellant, v. S.L. WEIR; Leo J. Schiavello; Christina C. Schiavello; Michael D. Meadows; Taylor & Meadows; Kenneth P. Gray, Esq.; Pamela W. Levin; Susan E. Hayes; Thornton, Taylor, Downs & Becker, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 22, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Canatella, pro se and Murray B. Petersen, Oakland, CA, for appellant.

Roger J. Brothers, McNamara, Houston, Dodge, McClure & Ney, Walnut Creek, CA, for defendants-appellees Leo and Christina Schiavello, Michael Meadows, and Taylor & Meadows.

Jeffrey S. Salisbury, Bowles & Verna, Walnut Creek, CA, for defendant-appellee Kenneth Gray.

Otto F. Becker and Clarke B. Holland, Thornton, Taylor, Downs, Becker, Tolson & Doherty, San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellees Pamela Levin, Susan Hayes, and Thornton, Taylor, Downs & Becker.

James V. Fitzgerald, III, Sellar, Hazard, Snyder, Kelly & Fitzgerald, Walnut Creek, CA, for defendant-appellee S.L. Weir.

Before: FERGUSON, THOMPSON and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.


OVERVIEW

DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Attorney Richard A. Canatella appeals the district court's orders imposing Rule 11 sanctions against him for filing a frivolous complaint, and denying his motion for Rule 11 sanctions against the defendants-appellees. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm. We also impose sanctions under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 38 in favor of the appellees and against Canatella in the amount of...

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