Kuroiwa

MEMORANDUM **

Plaintiffs James I. Kuroiwa, Jr., Patricia A. Carroll, Toby M. Kravet, Garry P. Smith, Earl F. Arakaki, and Thurston Twigg-Smith appeal the district court’s judgment on the pleadings in then- action alleging breaches of trust and constitutional claims against Defendants Linda Lingle, Georgina Kawamura, Russ K. Saito, Laura H. Thielen, Sandra Lee Kunimoto, Theodore E. Liu, Brennon Morioka, Haunani Apoliona, Walter M. Heen, Rowena Akana, Donald B. Cataluña, Robert K. Lindsey, Jr., Colette Y. Machado, Boyd P. Moss-man, Oswald Stender, and John D. Waihee IV. Plaintiffs’ lawyer, H. William Burgess, appeals the district court’s imposition of sanctions against him under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11. Burgess also appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for Rule 11 sanctions against Defendants’ lawyers. Reviewing de novo the judgment on the pleadings, Knappenberger v. City of Phoenix, 566 F.3d 936, 939 (9th Cir.2009), and reviewing for abuse of discretion the imposition of Rule 11 sanctions, as well as a refusal to do so, Holgate v. Baldwin, 425 F.3d 671, 675 (9th Cir. 2005), we affirm.

1. The district court correctly held that Plaintiffs’ claims are…