Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Reinhold V. SOMMERSTEDT, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-09-25
Citations: 481 F. App'x 386
Docket Number: No. 10-17563
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Reinhold V. SOMMERSTEDT, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: WARDLAW, CLIFTON, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 481
Pages: 386–386

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Reinhold V. SOMMERSTEDT, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-17563.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 10, 2012.
Filed Sept. 25, 2012.
John A. Dudeck, Jr., Esquire, Robert D. Metcalfe, Esquire, Robert D. Metcalfe, Esquire, Richard Farber, Esquire, Supervisory, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Blaine T. Welsh, Assistant U.S., USLV-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Reinhold V. Sommerstedt, Las Vegas, NV, pro se.
Before: WARDLAW, CLIFTON, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Reinhold V. Sommerstedt appeals pro se from the district court's order holding him in civil contempt for failing to obey its orders requiring him to file a certification of compliance stating that he notified customers of the underlying summary judgment and injunction against him. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion a civil contempt order. Irwin v. Mascott, 370 F.3d 924, 931 (9th Cir.2004). We affirm.
The district court did not abuse its discretion when it found Sommerstedt in contempt for his failure to comply with its orders requiring him to file a certification stating his compliance with the underlying injunction's customer notification requirement. See id. (person subject to injunction generally may not contest its lawfulness by disobeying it).
Under the law of the case doctrine, we do not consider Sommerstedt's challenges to the district court's underlying summary judgment for the United States or to the resulting injunction's customer notification requirement. See Leslie Salt Co. v. United States, 55 F.3d 1388, 1392 (9th Cir.1995) ("Under law of the case doctrine, . one panel of an appellate court will not reconsider matters resolved in a prior appeal to another panel in the same case.").
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.