Holgate v. Baldwin

425 F.3d 671 Deborah HOLGATE; Robert Holgate, Plaintiffs, and Barry Levinson, Appellant, v. John BALDWIN; Community Bank of Nevada; Hard Money Funding; John Baldwin Trust; Linda M. Newell; Michael J. Newell; Mike Newell, Defendants-Appellees. No. 03-16532. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 14, 2005. Filed September 30, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Algimantas J. Bruzas (argued), Las Vegas, NV; Barry Levinson, Law Offices of Barry Levinson, Las Vegas, NV, for the appellant. Gordon H. Warren (argued), D. Chris Albright (argued) and G. Mark Albright, Albright, Stoddard, Warnick & Palmer, Las Vegas, NV; Philip M. Ballif and Gordon H. Warren, Jones Vargas, Las Vegas, NV; Steve Morris and Jenny Sullivan Parker, Morris, Pickering & Sanner, Las Vegas, NV, for the appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada; Roger L. Hunt, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-02-00183-RLH. Before: D.W. NELSON, W. FLETCHER, and FISHER, Circuit Judges. D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Barry Levinson appeals the district court's award of sanctions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 to (1) John Baldwin; (2)…