Britton v. Co-Op Banking Group

916 F.2d 1405 Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,613 Joseph BRITTON; Clifford Conway; Connie Laborin; Steven Ryan, for themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CO-OP BANKING GROUP, an integrated group of companies including Co-op Investment Bankers, G/P, C.C.G.F., Exploration and Mining Company, Defendants, and Jeff Liebling, Defendant-Appellant. No. 89-15143. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 18, 1990. * Decided Oct. 11, 1990. Jeff Liebling, Irvine, Cal., pro se. Andrea M. Miller, David C. Adams, Attia, Bartel, Eng & Torngren, Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before LIVELY, ** FLETCHER and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal is one component of a larger securities fraud litigation. Appellant, Jeff Liebling, appeals pro se the district court's denial of his motion to compel arbitration in an action brought in federal court by appellees for damages caused to them by Liebling's alleged fraudulent activities. We hold that the district court erred in finding that Liebling waived his right to arbitration. We…