Burton v. Southgate Town and Terrace Homes Inc.

9 F.3d 1550 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Sharon BURTON, Renata Bridges, Dallas Williams, Jovita Williams, and Donna Adkins, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SOUTHGATE TOWN and Terrace Homes Incorporated., William Strebel, William Resendez, Jo Bodda, Connie Wilson C. Shance, Jake Salazar, Mrs. Jake Salazar, and Bill Larry, Defendants, and The John Stewart Company, Steve McElroy and Roger Brenmark, Defendants-Appellants. No. 92-16128. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 7, 1993. Decided Oct. 25, 1993. Before: HUG, FARRIS, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 We review an award of Rule 11 sanction for abuse of discretion. A district court would necessarily abuse its discretion if it based its ruling on an erroneous view of the law or on a clearly erroneous assessment of the evidence. Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp., 496 U.S. 384, 405 (1990). 3 A lawyer's signature on a pleading attests that the submitted document…