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SILVA v. WITSCHEN

No. 93-1720.

19 F.3d 725 (1994)

Richard SILVA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Peter WITSCHEN, City of East Providence, et al., Defendants, Appellees, Stephen Linder, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Greer, RI Affiliate, American Civil Liberties Union, was on brief, for appellant.

William J. Conley, Jr., City Sol., for defendant, appellee City of East Providence, RI.

Before TORRUELLA, CYR and STAHL, Circuit Judges.

CYR, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Stephen Linder, Esquire, challenges the sanction imposed against him pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 11 for filing a groundless complaint against defendants-appellees. After careful review, we affirm the district court sanction order in all respects.

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BACKGROUND

In the fall of 1985, the City of East Providence, Rhode Island, announced that an independent testing service would administer a competitive examination...

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