Percy Chien v. Harry Hathaway

17 F.3d 393 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Percy CHIEN Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harry HATHAWAY, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-56110. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 4, 1994. Decided Feb. 17, 1994. Before: D.W. NELSON, REINHARDT, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Plaintiff-appellant Percy Chien appeals the district court's award of costs and a stay entered against him pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(d) in his action against, among others, Fulbright and Jaworski, a law firm where his attorney Liang-Houh Shieh briefly worked. Fulbright, besides defending the stay order, requests that Chien be sanctioned for violating circuit rules regarding the excerpt of record and for filing a frivolous appeal. We affirm the district court order and deny the request for sanctions. I. Background 3 In July 1991, Chien and his corporation, PSJ Corporation, brought suit against Fulbright and others in…