FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOV 07 2012
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
J2F PRODUCTIONS INC., a California No. 11-55681
corporation,
D.C. No. 2:09-cv-07000-JST-FFM
Plaintiff-counter-defendant -
Appellant,
MEMORANDUM *
DOUGLAS JACOBSON, an individual,
Counter-defendant -
Appellant,
v.
JASON SARROW, an individual, DBA
E.E. Morris Presents, DBA ICP Films,
Defendant-counter-claimant -
Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
Josephine Staton Tucker, District Judge, Presiding
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Submitted November 5, 2012 **
Pasadena, California
Before: D.W. NELSON and O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges, and GONZALEZ,
District Judge.***
J2F Productions, Inc., contends that the district court abused its discretion in
refusing to award it attorneys fees as sanctions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1927 or the
court’s inherent powers. We disagree. The district court found that Sarrow’s
attorneys acted neither recklessly nor in bad faith. The record does not support a
conclusion that this was clear error. See Cline v. Indus. Maint. Eng’g &
Contracting Co., 200 F.3d 1223, 1236 (9th Cir. 2000).
AFFIRMED.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
***
The Honorable Irma E. Gonzalez, District Judge for the U.S. District
Court for Southern California, sitting by designation.
J2f Productions Inc. v. Jason Sarrow
Combined Opinion