U.S. v. CLAROS

No. 92-3139.

17 F.3d 1041 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gloria CLAROS and Vidolfo Satizabal, Defendants. Appeal of John R. DeLEON and Joseph R. Lopez.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry R. Elden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Crim. Receiving, Appellate Div., Eddie A. Stephens (argued), Office of U.S. Atty., Chicago, IL, for U.S.

John R. DeLeon, Donna Hickstein-Foley, Athas, Foley & Kowal, Chicago, IL, for Gloria Claros.

Joseph R. Lopez (argued), Robert G. Clarke, Chicago, IL, for Vidolfo Satizabal, John R. DeLeon.

Joseph R. Lopez, pro se.

Before EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and MIHM, District Judge.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Attorneys Joseph R. Lopez and John R. DeLeon ("the attorneys") appeal from an order of the district court that imposed sanctions against them pursuant to Local General Rule 1.31 of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The district court's order imposed a sanction of $2,250 in jury costs on the ground that neither attorney appeared in court on time for the beginning of his client's criminal trial.

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