Securities and Exchange Commission v. The Seaboard Corporation, Etc., Seaboard Leverage Fund and Admiralty Fund, Cross-Claimants/appellees v. Jerry Charles Spellman, Cross-Defendant/appellant

666 F.2d 414 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. The SEABOARD CORPORATION, etc., et al., Defendants. SEABOARD LEVERAGE FUND and Admiralty Fund, Cross-Claimants/Appellees, v. Jerry Charles SPELLMAN, Cross-Defendant/Appellant. 80-5504. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 10, 1981. Decided Jan. 25, 1982. Sheldon M. Jaffee, Williams, Jaffee & Stewart, Santa Monica, Cal., for cross-defendant/appellant. Stephen H. Marcus, Greenberg, Bernhard, Weiss & Karma, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal., for cross-claimants/appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before FERGUSON and NORRIS, Circuit Judges, and CRAIG, * District Judge. FERGUSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Spellman was named as a cross-defendant in a cross-complaint filed by some of the defendants in a securities case. After failing to produce requested documents, and failing to attend his noticed deposition, he was ordered to comply, and to pay sanctions of $790. He then gave his deposition, but refused to pay the $790. Upon motion, the court struck his answer to the cross-complaint and entered a default against him, which was eventually…