Larry Hewitt v. City of Stanton, Anthony Sperl, Patricia Ridge, Anthony Sperl, Defendant/cross-Claimant/appellant, and Stephen Yagman v. City of Stanton, Robert Ohlemann and Ronald Johnson, Defendants/cross-Defendants/appellees

798 F.2d 1230 5 Fed.R.Serv.3d 1326 Larry HEWITT, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF STANTON, Anthony Sperl, Patricia Ridge, Defendants, Anthony SPERL, Defendant/Cross-Claimant/Appellant, and Stephen Yagman, Appellant, v. CITY OF STANTON, Robert Ohlemann and Ronald Johnson, Defendants/Cross-Defendants/Appellees. No. 85-5991. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 10, 1986. Decided July 28, 1986. Designated for Publication Aug. 29, 1986. Stephen Yagman, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant. Barry Levin, Westwood Village, Cal., for appellee. On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Central California. Before WRIGHT and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and HOLLAND, District Judge * PER CURIAM: 1 Stephen Yagman appeals sanctions imposed on him pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 11 because his petition for removal was frivolous and interposed for the improper purpose of delay. We affirm the imposition of sanctions and the amount awarded. We also award the appellees $500.00 in attorney fees for the appeal. 2 The court sanctioned Yagman while he represented Anthony Sperl in a 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 civil rights and state wrongful death action against Sperl, a former…