Legal Opinion
Roth v. Green
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 30, 2006No. 05-1129, 05-1272PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.
These appeals challenge a sanction award against counsel pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 and 28 U.S.C. § 1927, as well as a fee award against two individual plaintiffs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Both appeals arise out of the same ill-fated § 1983 action.
Plaintiffs Stephen Roth and Ellen Gumeson, represented by attorney Robert Mulhern, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against various Colorado municipalities, counties, and local and state employees, arguing that the stop and search of their car, as well as their ensuing arrest, was unconstitutional. The…
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