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U.S. v. WALLACE

No. 91-5210.

964 F.2d 1214 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America v. Melvin D. WALLACE and Arthur M. Levin, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur M. Levin, pro se.

John R. Fisher, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., was on the brief, for U.S. Elizabeth Trosman, Asst. U.S. Atty., also entered an appearance for U.S.

Before: WALD, EDWARDS and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to decide whether a criminal defense attorney who, through in-attention, failed to subpoena friendly witnesses acted either unreasonably and vexatiously to multiply the proceedings or in bad faith. The District Court so found and sanctioned the attorney under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 (1988) and the trial court's inherent powers. On the record...

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