BACA v. BERRY

Nos. 14-2174, 14-2181.

806 F.3d 1262 (2015)

Phillip Patrick BACA, Mary Molina Mescall, Ron Romero, and Bernadette Miera, Plaintiffs/Cross-Appellees, v. Richard J. BERRY, in his official capacity as Mayor of Albuquerque, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Luis Roberto Vera, Jr., Phillip G. Sapien, and Antonio Maestas, Attorneys-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 1, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark P. Gaber , Jenner & Block LLP, and Joshua J. Bone , Campaign Legal Center ( Jessica Ring Amunson , Jenner & Block LLP, and J. Gerald Hebert , Campaign Legal Center, with them on the briefs), Washington, DC, for Attorneys-Appellants/Cross-Appellees and Plaintiffs/Cross-Appellees.

Luis G. Stelzner , Stelzner, Winter, Warburton, Flores, Sanchez & Dawes, P.A. ( Jaime L. Dawes , Stelzner, Winter, Warburton, Flores, Sanchez & Dawes, P.A., and Patrick J. Rogers , Patrick J. Rogers, LLC, with him on the brief), Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, HARTZ, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


This case arises out of an award of attorneys' fees imposed as a sanction on attorneys who brought a voting-rights lawsuit against the Mayor of Albuquerque. After dismissing the case, the district court found the attorneys unreasonably multiplied proceedings in what it called a meritless case and sanctioned them under 28...

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