Chester v. Beyeler

By judge Victor V. Ludwig

This letter opinion separately addresses each of the two cases pending before the Court. In both cases, the sole remaining question is whether Mr. Chester should be sanctioned for filing the suits. Both cases are, therefore, to be considered in light of Code § 8.01-271.1, which provides, in part:

[E]very pleading . . . shall be signed by at least one attorney of record in his individual name....

The signature of an attorney or party constitutes a certificate by him that (i) he has read the pleading... (ii) to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief, formed…