Legal Opinion
Sun River Energy, Inc. v. Nelson
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 2, 2015No. 14-1321PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
James E. Pennington and Stephen E. Csajaghy, former counsel for plaintiff Sun River Energy, Inc. (Sun River) in the underlying proceedings, appeal from a judgment of the district court sanctioning them, jointly and severally, in the amount of $20,345 for discovery abuse under Fed. R. Civ. P. 37. They raise several legal, factual, and procedural challenges to the sanction. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, 1 and reviewing the district court’s determination for abuse of discretion, see Olcott v. Bel. Flood Co., 76 F.3d 1538, 1557 (10th Cir.1996), we affirm…
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