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Kiefer v. Lithia Motors

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
May 27, 2008
280 F. App'x 606 (9th Cir. 2008)

Opinion

No.06-35289.

Argued and Submitted February 4, 2008.

Filed May 27, 2008.

G. Jefferson Campbell, Jr., Esq., G. Jefferson Campbell Jr., PC, Medford, OR, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert P. Wilson, Sonsini, Esq., Keith E. Eggleton, Esq., Wilson Sonsini, et al., Palo Alto, CA, Mark R. Weaver, Esq., David B. Paradis, Esq., Brophy Mills Schmor Gerking Brophy, Medford, OR, Nancie K. Potter, Esq., Foster Pepper Tooze, LLP, Portland, OR, for Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, Ann L. Aiken, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-02-03030-AI.

Before: RYMER, T.G. NELSON, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Joseph Kiefer appeals the district court's post-judgment order sanctioning him for breaching a settlement agreement in a wrongful termination action. The district court lacked jurisdiction to sanction Kiefer because it failed to retain jurisdiction over the settlement agreement in the order of dismissal or to incorporate the terms of the settlement agreement in the order of dismissal. See Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 381, 114 S.Ct. 1673, 128 L.Ed.2d 391 (1994). Therefore, the district court's sanctions order must be vacated.

REVERSED and VACATED.


Summaries of

Kiefer v. Lithia Motors

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
May 27, 2008
280 F. App'x 606 (9th Cir. 2008)
Case details for

Kiefer v. Lithia Motors

Case Details

Full title:Joseph KIEFER, II, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LITHIA MOTORS, INC.; Lithia…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: May 27, 2008

Citations

280 F. App'x 606 (9th Cir. 2008)

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