Rex L. Shuffler and Betty L. Shuffler v. Heritage Bank, a California Corporation

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• explaining that sanctions can be compensatory or 28 coercive
• explaining that sanctions can be compensatory or 28 coercive
• defining contempt as a party’s failure “to take all the reasonable steps within his power to insure compliance with the court’s order” (cleaned up) (quoting Sekaquaptewa v. MacDonald, 544 F.2d 396, 406 (9th Cir. 1976))
• since contempt order required immediate payment of $l,000/week into court, sanction had been imposed and was appealable though final quantification of fine not yet determined
• defendant's right to foreclosure contingent on plaintiff's failure to pay money judgment
• “Where the contempt proceeding is the sole proceeding before the district court, an order of civil contempt finding a party in contempt of a prior final judgment and imposing sanctions is a final decision under section 1291.”

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