Liang-Houh Shieh v. David Ebershoff Fulbright & Jaworski Paul S. Blencowe Tim C. Bruinsma

15 F.3d 1089 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Liang-Houh SHIEH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David EBERSHOFF; Fulbright & Jaworski; Paul S. Blencowe; Tim C. Bruinsma, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-55327. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 10, 1993. Decided Dec. 30, 1993. Before: ALDISERT, * HUG, and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Shieh appeals several district court orders relating to his suit against several large law firms and thousands of individual attorneys, alleging dozens of claims arising out of their alleged conspiracy to steal his clients and destroy his career. We address each issue raised in turn. 3 I. Rule 41(d). 4 Plaintiff first argues that the district court erred in staying his action until he had paid defendants' costs for defending a prior action in state court (Ebershoff I ), pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(d). He argues that Rule 41(d) is not applicable to this situation,…