Bernzomatic

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

NOV 26 2021

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANDREW W. SHALABY, No. 21-55034

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:11-cv-00068-AJB-DHB v.

BERNZOMATIC, an unincorporated MEMORANDUM* division of Irwin Industrial Tool Company; IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOL

COMPANY, INC.; NEWELL

OPERATING COMPANY, INC.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Anthony J. Battaglia, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted November 19, 2021** Pasadena, California

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Before: LINN,*** BYBEE, and BENNETT, Circuit Judges.

Andrew Shalaby appeals from an award of $22,732.00 in attorneys’ fees and

$1,847.91 in costs for violation of a pre-filing order prohibiting him from filing

new actions.

“We review for abuse of discretion the…