Legal Opinion
Hewitt v. City of Stanton
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 28, 1986No. 85-5991PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Per curiam
Stephen Yagman appeals sanctions imposed on him pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 11 because his petition for removal was frivolous and interposed for the improper purpose of delay. We affirm the imposition of sanctions and the amount awarded. We also award the appellees $500.00 in attorney fees for the appeal.
The court sanctioned Yagman while he represented Anthony Sperl in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights and state wrongful death action against Sperl, a former police officer, and Sperl’s former employer, the City of Stanton. The court denied Yagman’s petition for removal, remanded the action to state…
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