Artie M. Brooks Betty R. Brooks and Gary A. Brooks, Thomas M. Holsinger v. City of Turlock

15 F.3d 1083 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Artie M. BROOKS; Betty R. Brooks; and Gary A. Brooks, Plaintiffs, Thomas M. Holsinger, Appellant, v. CITY OF TURLOCK, Defendant-Appellee. No. 92-16258. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 3, 1993. Decided Dec. 30, 1993. Before: ALARCON, LEAVY, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 This is an appeal from an order imposing sanctions on Attorney Thomas Holsinger. Holsinger filed several class actions in the Superior Court on behalf of certain property developers against the City of Turlock, California (the "City"). The crux of the actions was that the City allegedly acted illegally by requiring the developers to grant the City title to certain lots in their subdivisions. The Brooks v. Turlock action at issue here and subsequent actions involving the same parties, classes, and issues were removed to federal court and consolidated. The subsequent actions were: Weese v.…