Kokoro Co., Ltd., D/B/A Kokoro Dinosaurs v. Exhibitours, Inc. And Stacy F. Bishkin

19 F.3d 27 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. KOKORO CO., LTD., d/b/a Kokoro Dinosaurs, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EXHIBITOURS, INC. and Stacy F. Bishkin, Defendants-Appellants. No. 92-55975. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 31, 1994. Decided Feb. 25, 1994. Before: SNEED, THOMPSON and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Exhibitours, Inc. and its officer, Stacy F. Bishkin, appeal the district court's imposition of sanctions. The district court found that interrogatory responses of Exhibitours and Bishkin were "at best disingenuous, and at worst not truthful." Because the record does not support the award of sanctions on any of the grounds relied upon by the district court, we reverse. 3 We apply an abuse of discretion standard in reviewing the district court's imposition of sanctions. Chambers v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 32 (1991); Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp., 496 U.S. 384, 405 (1990). 4 The district court imposed…