Nascimento

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSEPH F. NASCIMENTO, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 06-35062 v.  D.C. No.

CV-04-00028-DWM

KATHERINE DUMMER; ROBYN

WEBER, OPINION

Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Donald W. Molloy, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 25, 2007—Seattle, Washington

Filed November 21, 2007

Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Gould

15113 NASCIMENTO v. DUMMER 15115

COUNSEL

Kevin E. Vainio, Esq., Attorney at Law, Butte, Montana, for appellant Joseph F. Nascimento. 15116 NASCIMENTO v. DUMMER Robyn L. Weber, Weber Law Firm, PLLC, Helena, Montana, pro se.

OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires us to consider issues relating to the district court’s jurisdiction during the pendency of interlocu- tory appeals and whether a sanction of dismissal was error. Joseph Nascimento (“Nascimento”) raises three issues in this appeal: (1) whether the Montana district court had…