Legal Opinion

Jean Reidhead v. Joseph Meyers

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 30, 2012No. 10-16798UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

Jean Reidhead, 1 Patrick Kent Reid-head, 2 and Reidhead Sand & Rock, Inc. (RS & R), (collectively the Reidheads) appeal the district court’s entry of a default judgment against them and in favor of Caribbean Financial Corporation (CFC) 3 on counterclaims that, at root, arose out of a contract dispute. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.(1) The Reidheads first claim that the district court erred when it entered a default judgment against them as a sanction. 4 We disagree.

The district court made it plain that it based its decision on its inherent power, although it also…

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