In re Philippine Nat'l. Bank

397 F.3d 768 In re PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, Philippine National Bank, Petitioner, v. United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, Respondent, Maximo Hilao; Estate of Ferdinand Marcos; Imelda R. Marcos; Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., Real Parties in Interest. No. 04-71843. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 16, 2004. Filed February 4, 2005. Jay R. Ziegler, Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioner. Robert A. Swift, Kohn, Swift & Graf, PC, Philadelphia, PA; John J. Bartko, William I. Edlund, Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant & Miller, San Francisco, CA; for real parties in interest. Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. D.C. No. MDL-00840-MLR. Before: GOODWIN, CANBY, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges. CANBY, Circuit Judge: 1 The Philippine National Bank petitions this court for a writ of mandamus to prevent the district court from pursuing contempt and discovery proceedings against the Bank because of the Bank's transfer of funds to the Republic of the Philippines pursuant to a judgment of the Philippine Supreme Court. 1 We conclude that the district…