Bennett
GRK Fasteners Ltd. v. Bennett
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Allan L. Bennett appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment, permanent injunction, and contempt order in favor of GRK Fasteners, Ltd. (“GRK”), in an action in which GRK successfully established that Bennett violated the settlement agreement in a previous action between the parties. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the grant of summary judgment, Comm, for Idaho’s High Desert, Inc. v. Yost, 92 F.3d 814 , 823 (9th Cir.1996), review de novo the district court’s exercise of personal jurisdiction, Peterson v. Highland Music, Inc., 140 F.3d 1313, 1317 (9th Cir. 1998), and review for abuse of discretion a civil contempt order, Irwin v. Mascott, 370 F.3d 924, 931 (9th Cir.2004). We affirm.
Bennett’s contentions regarding the issuance of the temporary restraining order were rendered moot by the subsequent issuance of a preliminary and then permanent injunction. See Sweeney v. Hanley, 126 F. 97, 99 (9th Cir.1903) (“Upon the entry of the final decree the temporary injunction came to an end.”).
Bennett contends that, because he had not been formally served, the district court lacked personal jurisdiction over him at the time it…