Anonymous v. Kissinger

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• holding that trial court has inherent authority to impose attorney’s fees on pro se litigant acting in bad faith or for oppressive reasons
• holding that § 1927 cannot be used to impose sanctions on non-lawyer litigants, but also holding that § 1927 can impose sanctions on a pro se litigant who is also a lawyer
• finding that § 1927 cannot be applied to non-lawyer pro se litigants because they do not fall within the meaning of “admitted” in the statute
• finding that defendants could not make a showing that the suit was “frivolous, unreasonable, or without foundation” when the district judge already recognized that it pled a prima facie case of discrimination and presented a factual dispute for the jury”
• affirming financial sanction on pro se plaintiff for vexatious litigation conduct pursuant to district court’s inherent sanction authority
• finding an award of attorney’s fees as sanctions against a pro se plaintiff was appropriate where the plaintiff had repeatedly utilized “entirely vexatious and oppressive tactics”

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