Legal Opinion
United States v. Melvin D. Wallace and Arthur M. Levin
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 2, 1992No. 91-5210PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to decide whether a criminal defense attorney who, through inattention, failed to subpoena friendly witnesses acted either unreasonably and vexatiously to multiply the proceedings or in bad faith. The District Court so found and sanctioned the attorney under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 (1988) and the trial court’s inherent powers. On the record before us, we find negligent, even sloppy, performance by the defense counsel, but nothing to suggest vexatiousness or bad faith. We therefore…
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