In Re Grantham Brothers

922 F.2d 1438 24 Collier Bankr.Cas.2d 864 , 18 Fed.R.Serv.3d 712 , 21 Bankr.Ct.Dec. 340 , Bankr. L. Rep. P 73,798 In re GRANTHAM BROTHERS, a partnership, Debtor. VALLEY NATIONAL BANK OF ARIZONA; John R. Anderson, Trustee; Edward Quinif; Robert Riter; Harold Christopherson, Creditors-Appellees, v. William N. NEEDLER, Attorney at Law, Claimant-Appellant. No. 88-1931. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued Jan. 10, 1990. Submission Deferred Jan. 22, 1990. Resubmitted Dec. 19, 1990. Decided Jan. 14, 1991. William L. Needler, Chicago, Ill., for claimant-appellant. Dawn Stoll Zeitlin, Gust, Rosenfeld & Henderson, Richard Lorenzen, O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears, Phoenix, Ariz., for creditors-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before WIGGINS, THOMPSON and TROTT, Circuit Judges. WIGGINS, Circuit Judge: 1 Attorney William Needler appeals pro se the district court's affirmance, 84 B.R. 172 of the bankruptcy court's imposition of Bankruptcy Rule 9011(a) sanctions against him, 68 B.R. 642 . Needler, in his capacity as attorney for two parties before the bankruptcy court, filed an…