United States Second Circuit

The district court's order imposing sanctions on plaintiff's attorney for asserting that her client had pled a gender discrimination claim that he had not is reversed and vacated, where: 1) the district court misapplied the relevant legal standard; and 2) the record before the district court could not sustain a finding that plaintiff's attorney was in bad faith in asserting that plaintiff's pro se complaint included a claim of gender discrimination.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/09/2013
• Published 10/09/2013

Judges

• PER CURIAM

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel