HARRELL v. HORNBROOK COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT (2019)

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Peter T. HARRELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HORNBROOK COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT, a California Municipal Corporation; et al., Defendants-Appellees.

No. 18-16562

Decided: September 24, 2019

Before: FARRIS, TASHIMA, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

Peter T. Harrell, Pro Se William A. Munoz, Attorney, Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney, Sacramento, CA, for Defendants-Appellees Hornbrook Community Services District, Michele Hanson, Patricia Brown, Julie Bowles, Clint Dingman, Ernest Goff Sharrel Barnes, Pro Se Gregory Gomez, Esquire, Deputy Attorney General, Jason Jerrold Sommer, Esquire, Attorney, Hansen, Kohls, Sommer & Jacob, LLP, Roseville, CA, for Defendants-Appellees Robert Winston, Kisher, Winton, & Boston L.C. Roger Gifford, Pro Se John Paul Girarde, Esquire, Attorney, Arthur Harris, Esquire, Arthur Harris, Esquire, Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees Murphy Pearson, Bradley & Freeney, Inc.

MEMORANDUM **

Peter T. Harrell appeals pro se from the district court's order granting defendants’ motion for attorney's fees and costs in his action alleging a variety of federal and state law claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion a district court's award of 28 U.S.C. § 1927 sanctions. Wages v. IRS, 915 F.2d 1230, 1235 (9th Cir. 1990). We affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion by awarding fees and costs to defendants as a sanction under § 1927 because Harrell “evidenced bad faith in multiplying the proceedings in this case unreasonably and vexatiously.” Id. (citation and internal quotation marks omitted); see also id. at 1235-36 (“Section 1927 sanctions may be imposed upon a pro se plaintiff.”).

AFFIRMED.

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