MATTINGLY v. U.S.

Nos. 89-16567, 89-16718.

939 F.2d 816 (1991)

Darlene MATTINGLY, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Counterclaimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Paup, Tax Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-counterclaimant-appellant.

Paul D. Bancroft, Lionel, Sawyer & Collins, Reno, Nev., for plaintiff-counter-defendant-appellee.

Before SCHROEDER, BEEZER and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.


SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

In this tax case, the United States appeals from a sanction pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 11, requiring it to pay $1,000 to the Clerk of the District Court. The district court announced the sanction in a published opinion to serve as a public reprimand to the government attorney involved. Mattingly v. United States, 711 F.Supp. 1535 (D.Nev.1989). The conduct sanctioned was the filing of a meritless...

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