Leocadio C. Mafnas v. United States District Court For The Northern Mariana Islands

919 F.2d 101 Leocadio C. MAFNAS; Rosalia Mafnas Borja, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, Respondent, and Marian Aldan-Pierce; Diana C. Ferreira, Real Parties in Interest. No. 90-70359. 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. Petition for Writ of Mandamus. Before WALLACE, THOMPSON and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. ORDER 1 Petitioner, Leocadio C. Mafnas, seeks 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 recall and vacate its mandate issued April 16, 1990. 2 Petitioner Mafnas was the defendant in an enforcement action filed by real party in interest Aldan-Pierce on March 4, 1986, in the trial court for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth). On October 15, 1986, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Aldan-Pierce. On October 16, 1986, Mafnas appealed to the appellate division for the United States District Court for the Commonwealth (appellate division) as…