Qualtronics Manufacturing, Inc., an Arizona Corporation v. Albert Levinson and Leonard Jaffe, a Partnership (Jaffe)

52 F.3d 334 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. QUALTRONICS MANUFACTURING, INC., an Arizona corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Albert LEVINSON and Leonard Jaffe, a partnership (Jaffe), Defendants-Appellants. No. 93-17018. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 6, 1995. * Decided April 10, 1995. Before: CANBY, BRUNETTI, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 The district court granted Qualtronics Manufacturing, Inc. (QMI) summary judgment on the Levinson and Jaffe partnership's (Jaffe's) counterclaim for filing a groundless lis pendens notice, and certified this judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b). The district court had jurisdiction of the counterclaim because it was supplemental to QMI's diversity action. See 28 U.S.C. Secs. 1332 , 1367(a). We have jurisdiction of this timely appeal under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 and Rule 54(b), and affirm. 3 Jaffe appeals from the portion of the summary judgment grant relating to…