Legal Opinion
Douglas Dwight Bennett v. General Caster Service of N. Gordon Company, Inc. Richard D. Cowles, Sr. And Janice P. Cowles
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 23, 1992No. 91-2225PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff-appellant, Douglas Dwight Bennett, appeals the magistrate judge’s entry of what purports to be an order awarding sanctions under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure following the district court’s dismissal of his complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and this court’s affirmance of that dismissal on appeal. We hold that the magistrate judge was without authority to enter this order and, therefore, reverse and remand this case to the district court.
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In February of 1989, Bennett filed a pro se complaint against defendants-appellees, General Caster Service of N.…
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