United States Ninth Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's action to enforce an award of attorney's fees and costs pursuant to the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act is affirmed where dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction was proper as plaintiff's appeal of his underlying compensatory benefits award was still pending.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/07/2005
• Published 12/07/2005

Judges

• FISHER, Circuit Judge:, Before: FISHER, GOULD and BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles Robinowitz, Portland, OR, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Dudrey, Williams Fredrickson, LLC, Portland, OR, for the defendants-appellees.