Ahmed Al-Torki, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. Dr. Charles E. Kaempen, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee v. Inger M. Kaempen Kaempen & Associates

78 F.3d 1381 33 Fed.R.Serv.3d 1152 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1466 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 2516 Ahmed AL-TORKI, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant, v. Dr. Charles E. KAEMPEN, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee, v. Inger M. KAEMPEN; Kaempen & Associates, Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-55538. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 11, 1995. Decided March 5, 1996. R. Stephen Duke, Law Offices of Rodney T. Lewin, Beverly Hills, California, for plaintiff-counter-defendant, appellant. Charles E. Kaempen, Orange, California, in pro per, for defendants-counter-claimants, appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; David W. Williams, District Judge, Presiding, J. Spencer Letts, District Judge, Presiding. Before: HUG, BEEZER, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge. 1 The issue in this appeal is whether an order for a new trial is reviewable, if the party who prevailed at the first trial has his claims dismissed for failure to prosecute in the second.FACTS 2 Kaempen invented and patented technology for fiberglass pipes useful in the oil industry. In March 1982, Al-Torki and Kaempen…