Borja v. United States District Court for Northern Mariana Islands

919 F.2d 100 Rosalia Mafnas BORJA; Jose M. Borja; Juan M. Borja; Luna M. Borja, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, Respondent, and Diana C. Ferreira, Real Party in Interest. No. 90-70400. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 23, 1990. Decided Nov. 6, 1990. Theodore R. Mitchell, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, for petitioners. Donald C. Williams, Traylor T. Mercer, Carlsmith, Ball, Wichman, Murray, Case, Mukai & Ichiki, Agana, Guam, for defendants. Petition for Writ of Mandamus. Before WALLACE, THOMPSON and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 Petitioners, the Borjas, seek by way of mandamus an order from this court directing the Appellate Division of the United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands to vacate the judgment entered April 30, 1990 and to recall and vacate the mandate issued on June 6, 1990. 2 Petitioners were defendants in an action to quiet title filed in October 1986 by real party in interest Ferreira, in the trial court for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth). On September 13, 1988, the trial court ruled in favor of the Borjas.…