Legal Opinion
Jeffrey Alan Salkil, Kimberly M. Skaggs Equal Justice Foundation v. Mount Sterling Township Police Department, Village of Mt. Sterling
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 15, 2006No. 05-3051PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtClay, J., joined by Gilman, J.,
RYAN, J. (pp. 532-36), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
CLAY, Circuit Judge.
Kimberly Skaggs (“Skaggs”) and Equal Justice Foundation (“EJF”), appeal an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, sanctioning them pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and awarding Defendant, Village of Mt. Sterling (“the Village”), attorneys’ fees under 28 U.S.C. § 1927. The district court imposed sanctions and attorneys’ fees on Skaggs and the EJF for Skaggs’ conduct as an attorney for Jeffrey Alan Salkil in his civil rights action under 42…
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