Oliveri v. Thompson

How courts have described this case

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• holding that imposition of sanctions under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 and district court’s inherent power requires showing of bad faith
• holding that sanctions are appropriate under § 1927 only if “the attorney’s actions are so completely without merit as to require the conclusion that they must have been undertaken for some improper purpose”
• holding that “there is no necessary subjective component to a proper rule 11 analysis. Removing any subjective good faith component from rule 11 analysis should reduce the need for satellite litigation. ...”
• noting that the bad faith analysis under court’s inherent power to sanction requires clear and specific findings of bad faith
• noting that at the time of filing suits in police misconduct cases, plaintiff is not “likely to know much about the relevant internal operations of the police department”
• noting that at the time of filing suits in police misconduct cases, plaintiff is not “likely to know much about the relevant internal operations of the police department”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).