What authority does a court have to sanction a party or their lawyer for improper conduct?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n v. Marquez Bros. Int'l, Inc., CASE NO. 1:17-CV-44 AWI-EPG (E.D. Cal. 2018):
Three primary sources of authority enable courts to sanction parties or their lawyers for improper conduct: (1) Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11, which applies to signed writings filed with the court, (2) the court's inherent power, and (3) 28 U.S.C. 1927, which is aimed at penalizing conduct that unreasonably and vexatiously multiplies the proceedings. Fink v. Gomez, 239 F.3d 989, 991 (9th Cir. 2001).
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