Dorothy Hollcroft v. Lloyd Bentsen, Secretary of the Treasury

65 F.3d 175 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Dorothy HOLLCROFT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lloyd BENTSEN, Secretary of the Treasury, Defendant-Appellee. No. 94-15211. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 14, 1995. Decided Aug. 16, 1995. Before: SNEED, CANBY, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 The parties are familiar with the facts of the case; we will not recite them here. We affirm the district court's judgment after trial for the Secretary of the Treasury. We also conclude that we are without jurisdiction to review the district court's taxing of costs to Ms. Hollcroft; thus, the imposition of those costs stands. 3 I. Judgment for the Secretary. 4 Each of Hollcroft's arguments on appeal challenges the district court's findings of fact. We therefore conduct our review under a highly deferential standard; we will reverse only if the district court clearly erred in making those findings. Campbell v. Wood, 18 F.3d…