Sheppard v. River Valley Fitness One, L.P.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal of a monetary sanction that was imposed by the magistrate judge on defendants’ lawyer, William E. Whit-tington IV, for discovery misconduct. The court required that Whittington personally compensate the opposing parties for the attorney’s fees and costs incurred in opposing a protective order that he had obtained. Citing the injury to his professional reputation, Whittington also, appeals certain findings of fact made by the magistrate judge in support of the monetary sanction. The district court affirmed the sanction and most of the findings. After a…