Opinion ID: 198942
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Costs to Other Appellees

Text: 14 Appellees Rodrguez, Carvajal, and Perez also requested costs and fees in the conclusion of their initial brief filed with this court. We do not feel, at this time, that these appellees have sufficiently established that they are entitled to attorney's fees. We do, however, find that they are entitled to an award of costs, both because we think that this appeal borders on sanctionable frivolity as against all appellees and because the award of costs to appellees is normal when an appeal is dismissed. See Fed. R. App. P. 39(a)(1). We therefore grant the request of Rodrguez, Carvajal, and Perez for costs, and we award costs sua sponte to the remaining appellees.