McGHEE v. SANILAC COUNTY

No. 90-1688.

934 F.2d 89 (1991)

Harry McGHEE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SANILAC COUNTY and Sanilac County Sheriff Department, together with John or Jane Doe, an unknown County employee, individually and in their official capacity, together with the Times-Herald Company, a Gannett Corporation, Jointly and Severally, Defendants, Philip Lomason, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary A. Benjamin (argued), Schrauger & Dunn, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert A. Lusk, Terrence J. Miglio (argued), Keller, Thoma, Schwarze, Schwarze, Dubay & Katz, Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellant.

Before KENNEDY and JONES, Circuit Judges; and FORESTER, District Judge.


NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Philip Lomason appeals the district court's denial of his post-judgment motion for Rule 11 sanctions in this defamation action. For the following reasons, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

I.

Harry McGhee is a former deputy sheriff of Sanilac County, Michigan. In 1984, while working as a deputy sheriff, McGhee was accused of sexually...

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