Chandak v. Electronic Interconnect Corp.

EAGLES, Chief Judge.

This case presents questions of a district court judge’s authority to issue sanctions after a magistrate has dismissed the underlying action.

This appeal began as a claim by plaintiffs Govind and Madhu Chandak against the defendants Electronic Interconnect Corporation and Global Circuits of North Carolina, Inc. for summary ejectment. Plaintiff-lessors, filed the action against the defendants claiming that the defendant-lessees had failed to pay back rent and breached their lease by failing to clean up a chemical spill. One week after filing the complaint, Mr. Chandak sent…