Legal Opinion
Dick Robert Markwell v. County of Bexar, Appeal of J. Michael Myers
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 4, 1989No. 88-5623PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
J. Michael Myers, attorney for defendant William Stanley, Bexar County Deputy Sheriff, appeals from an order of the district court imposing monetary sanctions against him under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and permanently enjoining him from charging his client for any time he expended in filing two motions. We affirm.
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The name plaintiff, Dick Robert Mark-well, brought suit against Deputy Sheriff Stanley and other Bexar County, Texas, officials in May 1988, alleging that he had been detained and arrested without probable cause, and that…
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