Opinion ID: 421212
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Heading: Costs and Fees of the Receiver

Text: 19 Rothbard contends the district court erred in ordering the appellants to pay the costs and fees of the receiver. He relies on 28 U.S.C. § 754 which states: 20 A receiver appointed in any civil action or proceeding involving property, real, personal, or mixed, situated in different districts shall, upon giving bond as required by the court, be vested with complete jurisdiction and control of all such property with the right to take possession thereof. 21 Appellants did not raise this contention in the district court. Rothbard offered no explanation for his failure to do it. See Gard v. United States, 594 F.2d 1230, 1235 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 866, 100 S.Ct. 138, 62 L.Ed.2d 90 (1979). We need not consider a claim of error not raised below if the error might have been avoided had the issue been timely raised. Siletz Trucking Co. v. Alaska International Trading Co., 467 F.2d 961, 964 (9th Cir.1972); Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. Weigel, 426 F.2d 1356, 1357 (9th Cir.1970). We therefore decline to address this issue, and we affirm the district court's order directing the payment of costs and fees to the receiver.