Sonic Cable Television of San Luis Obispo, and Richard D. Harmon, Esq. v. Creekside Mobilehome Community Edwin J. Evans Epm Associates

73 F.3d 370 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. SONIC CABLE TELEVISION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, Plaintiff, and Richard D. Harmon, Esq., Appellant, v. CREEKSIDE MOBILEHOME COMMUNITY; Edwin J. Evans; EPM Associates, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-55605. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 13, 1995. Decided Dec. 27, 1995. Before: ALDISERT ** , FARRIS, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Attorney Richard D. Harmon appeals the district court's award of almost $40,000 in Rule 11 sanctions to Creekside Mobilehome Community and against him for bringing three factually baseless, legally groundless, and insufficiently investigated claims against Creekside on behalf of his client, Sonic Cable Television. We have jurisdiction over this appeal, Unioil, Inc. v. E.F. Hutton & Co., 809 F.2d 548, 556 (9th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 822 (1987), and we affirm. 3 * Harmon first maintains that the district court abused its…