Legal Opinion
Richard Silva v. Peter Witschen, City of East Providence, Stephen Linder
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 24, 1994No. 93-1720PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Stephen Linder, Esquire, challenges the sanction imposed against him pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 11 for filing a groundless complaint against defendants-appellees. After careful review, we affirm the district court sanction order in all respects.
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BACKGROUND
In the fall of 1985, the City of East Providence, Rhode Island, announced that an independent testing service would administer a competitive examination for the position of Chief of Police. A city ordinance empowered the City Manager, defendant-appellee Peter Witschen, to fill the position from among the top three…
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