United States v. Melvin D. Wallace and Arthur M. Levin

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• holding that negligent or careless conduct “does not even reach the lowest of the possible thresholds—be it recklessness, deliberate indifference or some other measure of vex-atiousness”
• finding no need to resolve the question of what standard to apply under Section 1927 when attorney’s behavior did not reach even the lowest of the possible thresholds
• recklessness requires “deliberate action in the face of a known risk, the likelihood or impact of which the actor inexcusably underestimates or ignores”
• “‘[U]nintended, inadvertent, and negligent acts will not support an imposition of sanctions under section 1927.’” (quoting Cruz v. Savage, 896 F.2d 626, 631 (1st Cir. 1990))
• “The Chambers Court explicitly recognized courts’ inherent power to assess attorney’s fees when a party has acted in bad faith, vexatiously, wantonly, or for oppressive reasons.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).