In Re the Order Sanctioning Small

MARTIN, Chief Judge.

Attorney Benjamin S. Small appeals from an order entered in Cabarrus County Superior Court which ordered him to pay $500 as a sanction for filing motions that the trial court found were filed in violation of court rules and were “vexatious and totally without merit and . . . filed for the improper purpose of harassing [the ADA].” For the reasons stated, we affirm.

Small was appointed to serve as counsel for defendant James Neal Halley, Jr., who was charged with the Class C felonious offense of child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury in violation of N.C.G.S. §…