United States Seventh Circuit

A sanctions order imposed on an attorney is vacated where the district court improperly imposed the sanctions without first notifying her that it was contemplating that step and giving her an adequate opportunity to respond.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/04/2005
• Decided 09/06/2005
• Published 09/06/2005

Judges

• ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paula Johnson, East St. Louis, IL, pro se., Barbara J. Clinite (Argued), Chicago, IL, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael L. Wagner, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Belleville, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.