United States Ninth Circuit
TRUESDELL v. S. CALIFORNIA PERMANENTE MED. GROUP, 01-56228
Sanctions for a meritless complaint were procedurally proper where plaintiff's counsel "technically and practically" had the requisite 21 day safe harbor period to withdraw the complaint under FRCP 11; remanded for clarification whether sanctions were ordered based on the pleading, or counsel's past conduct.
Appellate Information
- Argued 05/09/2002
- Decided 06/20/2002
- Published 06/20/2002
Judges
- Before KLEINFELD and GRABER, Circuit Judges, and BOLTON, District Judge.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Jerome Zamos,Law Offices of Jerome Zamos, Woodland Hills, CA, for plaintiff-appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Thomas R. Kaufman, Seyfarth Shaw, James G. Varga and Monica T. Guizar, Van Bourg, Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees.