MOSSMAN v. ROADWAY EXP., INC.

No. 85-2138.

789 F.2d 804 (1986)

Guillermina S. MOSSMAN, Plaintiff, and Richard M. Rogers, Esq. of Mayo & Rogers, Attorney at Law, Appellant, v. ROADWAY EXPRESS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1986.

As Amended June 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Rogers, Mayo & Rogers, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Wendy L. Tice-Wallner, Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before GOODWIN, NORRIS and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Richard M. Rogers appeals sanctions imposed on him pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 11 because his motion for summary judgment was not well grounded in fact. We affirm the imposition of sanctions but remand for the trial court to reconsider the amount awarded.

The court sanctioned Rogers while he represented Guillermina Mossman in a race and sex discrimination suit against her former employer, Roadway Express (Roadway). Roadway answered the...

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