The following excerpt is from Johnson v. Cate, Case No. 1:10-cv-02348-LJO-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2013):
The standard for triggering a violation under Rule 11 is objective unreasonableness, Margo v. Weiss, 213 F.3d 55, 65 (2d Cir. 2000), i.e. whether a reasonable attorney, upon
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