United States v. Geraldine Marie Blodgett, in Re Hector C. Perez, Movant-Appellant

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• finding that the district court had the authority to sanction counsel for filing a frivolous appeal
• noting that “cases that 3 have considered the district court’s inherent power to sanction attorneys for litigating in bad faith 4 have related such sanctions to the amount of fees incurred by the opposing party”
• “[Section 1927] does not 21 authorize imposition of sanctions in excess of costs reasonably incurred because of 22 [unreasonable and vexatious] conduct.”
• “We hold that a district court 23 has the power to sanction counsel for filing a frivolous appeal in bad faith, which includes one filed solely for purposes of delay.”
• “Section 1927 only authorizes the taxing of excess costs arising from an attorney’s unreasonable and vexatious conduct; it does not authorize imposition of sanctions in excess of costs reasonably incurred because of such conduct.”
• a court has statutory authority pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1927 to require 8 9 only if the district court is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been 10 made.’” Id. (quoting Weeks v. Samsung Heavy Indus. Co., Ltd., 126 F.3d 926, 943 (7th 11 Cir. 1997)

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