Preferred Communications, Inc., Robert M. Bramson v. City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

17 F.3d 395 RICO Bus.Disp.Guide 8481 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. PREFERRED COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, Robert M. Bramson, Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES; Department of Water and Power, Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-56018. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 8, 1993. Decided Jan. 7, 1994. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Feb. 24, 1994. Before: KOZINSKI, SILER * and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Preferred's counsel, Robert M. Bramson, appeals from the district court's imposition of sanctions for signing a pleading which included a RICO claim along with Preferred's other challenges to the city's cable franchising scheme. See CR 526; Fed.R.Civ.P. 11. We review the imposition of sanctions for abuse of discretion. See Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp., 496 U.S. 384, 405 (1990). 3 A. Preferred's RICO claims are alleged at paragraphs 51-65 of its amended complaint. See…