Legal Opinion
Rankin v. City of Niagara Falls
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided April 11, 2013No. 09-CV-974-APublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
RICHARD J. ARCARA, District Judge.
This employment discrimination case is before the Court to determine whether attorney Christina A. Agola should be sanctioned under Rule 11(c)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for making misleading representations to a Magistrate Judge. The circumstances are unlike any that have arisen during my nearly 25 years as a United States District Court Judge.
In connection with an earlier Public Reprimand by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Agola’s professional conduct as an attorney is being closely monitored by…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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