STANLEY v. WOODFORD

No. 04-16255.

449 F.3d 1060 (2006)

Gerald F. STANLEY, Petitioner-Appellant, Jack Leavitt, Appellant, Federal Public Defender, Intervenor-Appellee, v. Jeanne WOODFORD, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 7, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Leavitt, Hayward, CA, for the appellant.

Mark E. Olive, Tallahassee, FL, and Tim Schardl, Assistant Federal Defender, Sacramento, CA, for the appellee.

Before: HUG, ALARCÓN and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.


HUG, Circuit Judge:

This is an interlocutory appeal from a sanctions order compelling attorney Jack Leavitt ("Leavitt") to pay attorney's fees under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 and the district court's inherent powers. The Magistrate Judge sanctioned Leavitt for violating, twice and in bad faith, the Magistrate Judge's order barring further appearances on behalf of a California prisoner in capital habeas corpus proceedings under 28

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