Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Beth Hand, Now Known as Beth Hand Charles

McKAY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the district court’s denial of the defendant Beth Hand Charles’ 60(b) motion seeking to set aside a stipulation by the parties dismissing the lawsuit purportedly entered into on the defendants’ behalf by their attorneys of record.

The district court found that the attorneys had been authorized by all of the defendants to enter the stipulation and that the motion to set aside the stipulation was brought frivolously and for the purpose of delay. Therefore, the district court both denied the defendants’ motion and entered an order assessing costs and…