Legal Opinion
Gollomp v. Spitzer
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 8, 2009No. Docket 07-0847-cvPublishedCited by 880 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
We consider in this opinion (1) whether Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity-bars suits against the Unified Court System of the State of New York, and (2) whether the imposition on plaintiffs counsel of attorneys fees as a form of sanctions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1927 was an abuse of discretion.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Bernard P. Gollomp appeals from a January 14, 2009 judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Frederick J. Scullin, Jr., Judge), dismissing his second amended complaint and imposing sanctions on his attorneys…
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