Legal Opinion
Stephen Michael Ridder v. City of Springfield, Clark County
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 14, 1997No. 95-4220PublishedCited by 333 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal we are asked to determine the propriety of sanctions under Fed.R.Civ.P. 11, as amended in 1993, when a motion for sanctions is filed without satisfying the requisite “safe harbor” period and after a court has entered summary judgment. Following a protracted civil rights litigation resulting in summary judgment for defendants on all claims, Defendant City of Springfield moved for sanctions against Plaintiff Stephen M. Ridder’s counsel, Dwight D. Brannon, pursuant to Rule 11 and 28 U.S.C. § 1927, without first serving the motion on plaintiffs counsel for a…
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