Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. New Images Of Beverly Hills

482 F.3d 1091 CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States; Cigna Employee Benefits Services Inc.; Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Inc.; United Healthcare Corporation, fka United HealthGroup Incorporated dba UnitedHealth Group; Humana, Inc.; Aetna Life Insurance Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NEW IMAGES OF BEVERLY HILLS, Defendant, and Providence Ambulatory Surgery Center, Inc., dba Providence Ambulatory Surgery Center; Harrell Robinson, M.D., Defendants-Appellants. No. 04-55859. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 3, 2006. Filed March 30, 2007. Roy C. Dickson (briefed), Dickson & Associates, Yorba Linda, CA, for the appellants. Lawrence C. Fox (briefed), Kornstein, Veisz, Wexler & Pollard, LLP, New York, NY, for the appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Terry J. Hatter, Chief District Judge, and J. Spencer Letts, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-99-08197-TJH. Before: O'SCANNLAIN, * KLEINFELD, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges. KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge: 1 The only issue raised in this case is the appropriateness of a discovery sanction that…