Case Name: Basil N. SPIRTOS, Plaintiff, and Thelma V. SPIRTOS; Michelle Spirtos, Plaintiff - Appellants, v. Nicholas SPIRTOS, Administrator of the Estate of Basil N. Spirtos, the Real Party in Interest, Defendant - Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-03-08
Citations: 124 F. App'x 553
Docket Number: No. 03-55388
Parties: Basil N. SPIRTOS, Plaintiff, and Thelma V. SPIRTOS; Michelle Spirtos, Plaintiff — Appellants, v. Nicholas SPIRTOS, Administrator of the Estate of Basil N. Spirtos, the Real Party in Interest, Defendant — Appellee.
Judges: Before: KOZINSKI and TROTT, Circuit Judges, and SAND, Senior District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 124
Pages: 553–554

Head Matter:
Basil N. SPIRTOS, Plaintiff, and Thelma V. SPIRTOS; Michelle Spirtos, Plaintiff — Appellants, v. Nicholas SPIRTOS, Administrator of the Estate of Basil N. Spirtos, the Real Party in Interest, Defendant — Appellee.
No. 03-55388.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 15, 2005.
Decided March 8, 2005.
Jon J. Eardley, Esq., for Plaintiff and Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Mark C. Schnitzer, Esq., Reid & Hellyer, Riverside, CA, Alexandra S. Ward, Ward & Ward, San Bernardino, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: KOZINSKI and TROTT, Circuit Judges, and SAND, Senior District Judge.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
Hon. Leonard B. Sand, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
ORDER AND MEMORANDUM
The district court's remand was for lack of federal jurisdiction, rendering both the remand order and the refusal to reconsider unreviewable on appeal. 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d). The concurrent award of attorneys' fees against the appellants is appeal-able. The district court did not abuse its discretion with regard to the attorneys' fees award because the remand was granted on a legally correct basis. Dahl v. Rosenfeld, 316 F.3d 1074, 1077 (9th Cir.2003).
Finally, the Administrator's motion for sanctions pursuant to Rule 38 is granted in the amount attorneys' fees and double costs, the calculation of which is referred to the Court's special master, Appellate Commissioner Peter L. Shaw, who shall conduct whatever proceedings he deems appropriate, and who shall have authority to enter an order awarding fees. See Ninth Circuit Rule 39-1.9.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.