Steinhart v. W.C. Cox & Co.

99 F.3d 1146 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Terran T. STEINHART, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. W.C. COX & COMPANY, and all persons unknown claiming any legal or equitable right, title, estate, lien or interest in the property described in the complaint adverse to plaintiff's title, or any cloud on plaintiff's title thereto, Defendant-Appellee. No. 96-55654. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 7, 1996. * Decided Oct. 15, 1996. Before: BEEZER, KOZINSKI and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Terran T. Steinhart, an attorney, appeals pro se the district court's dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that Cal.Code Civ.P. § 907, as it provided in 1992 for the imposition of costs and damages for frivolous appeals, was unconstitutional. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm. 3 Steinhart contends that the district court had subject matter…