Legal Opinion
Rowland v. Fayed
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 21, 1987No. Civ. A. No. 86-0073PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.
For the third time this Court is asked to consider whether the filing of a jurisdictionally-defective complaint warrants the imposition of sanctions under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff Rowland, a foreign national, filed the above-captioned case in this federal court against the defendants Fayed, also foreign nationals, and The Washington Times, a citizen of this country. Defendants moved to dismiss for lack of diversity and also sought Rule 11 sanctions against plaintiff for having improperly brought suit in federal court.…
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