ESTRADA v. SPENO & COHEN

No. 99-56013.

244 F.3d 1050 (2001)

Douglas ESTRADA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SPENO & COHEN, Attorneys at Law; Sarah Speno; David B. Cohen, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 30, 2001.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing May 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Cohen, Speno & Cohen LLP, New York, New York, for the defendants-appellants.

James S. Link, Pasadena, California, for the defendants-appellants.

Jose R. Paz, Law Offices of Michael V. Severo, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: GLENN L. ARCHER, Jr., STEPHEN S. TROTT, and BARRY G. SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.


As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc May 24, 2001.*

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we must decide whether the district court abused its discretion by ordering default judgment against a party on the basis of the party's repeated, persistent refusal to follow court orders. Our jurisdiction over this appeal derives from 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Under the egregious circumstances presented in this case, we conclude...

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