Paul Ginsburg v. Bonn Kraus Ginsburg and John Paul Ginsburg, Minors, by Their Guardian Ad Litem, Betty K. Ginsburg

Good Law
352 F.2d 337
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 9, 196519892_1California310 words

Opinion

Opinion

Chambers, J.

The appeal is dismissed as legally frivolous.

Appellant was interpleaded in a district court case. Too late, he attempted an appeal, our number 16,768. It was here dismissed on May 9, 1960. Certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court, Ginsburg v. Ginsburg, 364 U.S. 934 , 81 S.Ct. 381 , 5 L.Ed.2d 366 (1961).

He then sought a hearing in the district court on what he claimed were the unadjudicated issues left after the original judgment. Also, he attempted to disqualify the district judge. In one order, the district judge refused to disqualify himself and declined to proceed on the “unadjudicated issues.” From that order this appeal was taken.

We find the claimed “unadjudicated issues” to be a melange of points that defendant might have asserted here on appeal after the original judgment if the first appeal had been timely. For all of this, it is too late after the district court judgment became final.

We have carefully searched the record to see if there is any reason for the application of Rule 54(b) of the Rules of Civil Procedure and find there is not.

We decline to consider the matter of the district judge’s disqualification (an issue made by appellant after having his case…

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