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KNIPE v. SKINNER

Nos. 854, 1335, Dockets 93-6093, 93-6297.

19 F.3d 72 (1994)

Richard X. KNIPE, Glenn A. Valentine, Bernard C. Ford, Plaintiffs, Lawrence B. Smith, Esq., Appellant, v. Samuel K. SKINNER, Secretary, Dept. of Transportation, James B. Busey, IV, Administrator-FAA, C. Dean McGrath, Jr., Acting General Counsel Dept. of Transportation, Neil R. Eisner, Assistant General Counsel Dept. of Transportation, Kenneth P. Quinn, Chief Counsel, FAA, Gregory S. Walden, Former Chief Counsel, FAA, Daniel D. Campbell, General Counsel, National Transportation Safety Board, John M. Stuhldreher, Former General Counsel, National Transportation Safety Board, John H. Cassady, Deputy Chief Counsel, FAA, Donald P. Byrne, Assistant Chief Counsel, FAA, Peter J. Lynch, Lawyer, FAA, Mardi R. Thompson, Lawyer, FAA, Karen R. Bury, Lawyer, FAA, Joseph A. Conte, Lawyer, FAA, Harry S. Gold, Lawyer, FAA, Lorretta E. Alkalay, Assistant Chief Counsel, FAA, Randy E. Hyman, Lawyer, FAA, Brunhilda Sanders-Lane, Lawyer, FAA, Daniel J. Peterson, Regional Director, FAA, Thomas Accardi, Official, FAA, Nicholas A. Sabatini, Official, FAA, Charles G. O'Neill, Official, FAA, Roy E. Johnsen, Former Official, FAA, Stephen W. Smith, Inspector, FAA, Martin J. Ingram, Inspector, FAA, Robert E. Martin, Official, FAA, George Murgitroyde, Official, FAA, Mark Pandelogou, Inspector, FAA, Robert D. Murchland, Inspector, FAA, Edward Harahush, Inspector, FAA, Marinus "Rene" Koch, Inspector, FAA, Defendants-Appellees. Richard X. KNIPE, Glenn A. Valentine, and Bernard C. Ford, Plaintiffs, Lawrence B. Smith, Esq., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence B. Smith, pro se.

Pierre R. St. Hilaire (Frank W. Hunger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gary L. Sharpe, U.S. Atty., Helene M. Goldberg, Director, Torts Branch, Civil Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Nina S. Pelletier, Torts Branch, Civil Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for defendants-appellees Samuel K. Skinner, et al.

Wendy L. Rome, Trial Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC (Frank W. Hunger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gary L. Sharpe, U.S. Atty., James Woods, Asst. U.S. Atty., Robert A.K. Doehl, Trial Atty., Torts Branch, Civil Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, of counsel), for defendant-appellee U.S.

Before: NEWMAN, Chief Judge, WINTER and JACOBS, Circuit Judges.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

In these consolidated appeals, Lawrence B. Smith, counsel for plaintiffs Richard X. Knipe, Glenn A. Valentine and Bernard C. Ford, appeals from two decisions by Chief Judge McAvoy sanctioning Smith pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 11. In Knipe v. Skinner, 146 F.R.D. 58 (N.D.N.Y.1993), the district court concluded that Smith had violated Rule 11 by filing a complaint that was not warranted by existing law...

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